anthropomorphicallyadv.
/ˌanθrəpəˈmɔːfᵻkli/, U.S. /ˌænθrəpəˈmɔrfək(ə)li/ In an anthropomorphic manner.
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1818 G. S. Faber Horæ Mosaicæ (ed. 2) II. 86 But this same Jehovah, anthropomorphically visible upon earth, rains down fire and brimstone from an invisible Jehovah out of heaven.
1868 W. E. Gladstone Juventus Mundi (1870) xii. 454 The nymphs and other personages anthropomorphically conceived.
1886 Eclectic Mag. Nov. 641/2 Speaking anthropomorphically, we can say that evolution has an aim, that its aim is progress, [etc.].
1938 E. Bevan Symbolism & Belief ii. 30 The belief in the Sky-God may have, of course, two forms according as the sky itself is personified, is identified with the Person up there, or as the Person is conceived more anthropomorphically.
2006 J. T. Costa Other Insect Societies xiv. 428 Beetles once viewed anthropomorphically as dapper and staid sextons of the insect world are now exposed as fierce competitors [etc.].
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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