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tropically, adv.|ˈtrɒpɪkəlɪ|
[f. as prec. + -ly2.]
In a tropical manner.
1. In the way of a trope; metaphorically, figuratively.
1564J. Rastell Confut. Jewell's Serm. 140 The body of Christ is, onlye figuratiuelye,..tropicallie, imaginatiuelie, in the Sacrament. 1602Shakes. Ham. iii. ii. 247 King. What do you call the Play? Ham. The Mouse-trap: Marry how? Tropically. 1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. iii. iii. 111 Spanish Mares, whose swiftnesse [is] tropically expressed from their generation by the wind. a1703Burkitt On N.T. Gal. v. 24 The work of mortification (called here tropically, a crucifixion). 1809W. Irving Knickerb. v. ix. (1849) 302 It is tropically observed by honest old Socrates, that heaven infuses into some men..a portion of intellectual gold. 1879R. T. Smith St. Basil 91 There are multitudes of expressions applied in Scripture to God, which we agree are to be tropically taken.
2. In a way characteristic of the tropics; with tropical heat, luxuriance, or violence.
1852Hawthorne Blithedale Rom. xvii. (1885) 173 The sunshine lay tropically there. 1886Pall Mall G. 10 June 9/1 The rain..continues, although not quite so tropically. 1896Academy 11 July 27/1 Hume's tropically coloured account of what..he called ‘the Irish rebellion’. |