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plaˈtonically, adv.
Also Platonically.
[f. Platonic a. + -al1 + -ly2; in early use perh. f. Platonical a.]
In a Platonic (platonic) manner: see Platonic a. 1, 2.
1636Davenant Platonic Lovers Wks. (1673) 404 The Turk! Is he platonically given? a1639Wotton Life Dk. Buckingham in Reliq. (1651) 77 To mould him as it were Platonically to his own Idea. 1826Q. Rev. XXXIV. 432 Madame de Montesson was platonically jealous. 1901Conrad & Hueffer Inheritors iii. 39 Gurnard I disliked platonically; perhaps because his face was a little enigmatic—a little repulsive. 1941J. D. Carr Case of Constant Suicides iii. 34 There is nothing like spending the night with a girl, even platonically, to remove a sense of constraint. 1972Nature 17 Mar. 92/1 It would be convenient if there were such a platonically ideal chemistry. 1973Listener 6 Sept. 312/1 They stood in tasteful tableaux, their hands platonically resting on one another's nether regions. |