catachresticallyadv.
In a catachrestic manner; by improper use of language or terms.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > inaccuracy, inexactness > incorrectness of language > [adverb] > in application of words
abusively1531
abusedly1565
catachresticallyc1600
society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > figure of speech > figures of meaning > [adverb] > misapplying words
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c1600 Timon (1980) iv. iii. 61 A man may hange himselfe..either aptitudinally and catachrestically, or perpendicularly & inhæsiuely.
1603 C. Heydon Def. Iudiciall Astrol. xviii. 375 He would catachrestically, or improperly, apply them to the partes of the Zodiacke.
1702 C. Mather Magnalia Christi iv. ii. ii. 148/2 The Churches (as they were..almost Catechrestically called).
1864 J. H. Newman Apologia 274 And (to speak catachrestically) they are most likely to die in the Church, who are..most prepared to leave it.
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