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unmedically en · ADV

Etymology

From unmedical + -ly.

Meanings

1. In a way that is not medical.
   • Indeed so meagre is the matter, so flimsy the arguments, and so unmedically are they expressed, that I scarcely believe the work was written by a medical man at all. 1823, Joseph Joy Magee, “Letter to Doctor Cheyne”, in Collection of Nineteenth Century Pamphlets Relating to Various Trials and Court Procedure in Ireland, page 37:
   • When Robbie had his “sick attacks,” Mary explained unmedically, he had to be rushed to the emergency room. 2012, Linda Dahl, Morning Glory: A Biography of Mary Lou Williams:

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