| 单词 |
analogically |
| 释义 |
analogically, adv.|ænəˈlɒdʒɪkəlɪ|
[f. prec. + -ly2.]
In an analogical manner.
†1. Math. Proportionally. Obs.
1570Dee Math. Præf. 17 Chorographie..teacheth Analogically to describe a small portion or circuite of ground.
2. In accordance with, or by the use of, analogy.
[1635D. Person Varieties i. 39 Analogice they may be said to be alike, that is, in some respect.] 1656Cowley Pind. Odes (1684) 67 Some new kind of Creature, called analogically by an old known name. 1667H. More Div. Dial. i. §6 (1713) 14 Not only in Man, but analogically in the rest of Animals. 1732Berkeley Min. Philos. iv. §21 A prince is analogically styled a pilot, being to the state as a pilot is to his vessel. 1807W. Taylor in Ann. Rev. V. 276 Children learn to speak analogically in two years. 1822J. Imison Sc. & Art I. 441 Reasoning analogically from the circumstances with which we are acquainted.
3. In an analogical sense, figuratively.
a1638Mede Wks. i. li. 292 An Offering therefore is taken properly or analogically. 1677J. Webster Witchcr. xvii. 344 [Syllables] may analogically, and by way of similitude, be said to be measured. 1843Mill Logic i. ii. §8 A name used analogically or metaphorically. |
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