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Newtonically, adv. rare.|njuːˈtɒnɪkəlɪ|
[f. the name of Sir Isaac Newton (see Newtonian a. and n.) + -ically.]
In the manner of Sir Isaac Newton.
1869J. S. Mill Let. 30 Jan. (1910) II. xii. 181 In regard to the Darwinian hypothesis,..Darwin has found (to speak Newtonically) a vera causa. 1953K. Britton John Stuart Mill v. 182 His [sc. Mill's] preference for a mechanical view of forces..arises in part from his insistence upon ‘speaking Newtonically’ in opposition to the Baconian language of Macaulay and the empiricists. |