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classically (1. In a classical manner; in classical style or after classical models. 1772–7 in Cowley Country Life N. 3 (R.) The poet, as usual, expresses his own feeling, but he does more, he expresses it very classically. 1815 Scribbleomania 60 The language [is], in many instances, classically beautiful. b. With classical scholarship or education. 1852 Hawthorne Tanglew. T., Wayside (1879) 13 The classically learned Mr. Pringles. 1867 Seeley in Macm. Mag. Nov., The classically-educated boy. † 2. As to class or order, in classes. Obs. 1790 Kerr Lavoisier's Chem. (Webst.), It would be impossible to bear all its specific details in the memory, if they were not classically arranged. 1826 Kirby & Sp. Entomol. III. xxviii. 24 A difference that proved the Crustacea classically distinct from Insecta. † 3. Eccl. By a classis or presbytery. Obs. 1680 Answ. Stillingfleet's Serm. 27 A Minister..ordained (and so Episcopally or Classically approved in his abilities for that function). OED Alexander Demidov) |
