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influentially, adv.|ɪnfluːˈɛnʃəlɪ|
[f. as prec. + -ly2.]
†1. Astrol. With astral or stellar influence. Obs.
1652Gaule Magastrom. 97 Why the starres should be more notable for influentially operating and efficaciously inclining at the point of the edition, parturition, or birth. 1682Sir T. Browne Chr. Mor. iii. §3 Look upon opinions as thou doest upon the moon..Embrace not the opacous and blind side of Opinions, but that which looks most Luciferously and influentially unto Goodness.
2. In the way of influence; in such a way as to exercise or exert influence.
1670Penn Case Lib. Consc. 28 Plenty..will be converted into Poverty by the Destruction of so many thousand Families..and that not only to the Sufferers, but influentially to all the rest. 1821Examiner 706/1 His temper was practically and influentially Norman. 1841Myers Cath. Th. iii. §36. 132 The Revelation..is such that its sum and substance may be influentially conveyed to men in any language under heaven.
3. By persons of influence.
1870Daily News 9 Sept. 2 The following gentlemen have been influentially invited to allow themselves to be put in nomination.
4. Electricity. By induction: cf. influence n. 7.
1792Phil. Trans. LXXXII. 233 During this time, the rod was only electrified with its own electricity, or what has been termed influentially electrified. |