anthropomorphouslyadv.
/ˌanθrəpəˈmɔːfəsli/, U.S. /ˌænθrəpəˈmɔrfəsli/ Now somewhat rare.
= anthropomorphically adv.
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anthropopathetically1594
anthropopathically1652
anthropomorphically1818
anthropomorphously1823
1823 S. T. Coleridge Notebks. (1990) IV. 5078 The passages, in which the Devil and Devils are spoken of anthropomorphously, are all subordinate to some other doctrine.
1859 M. C. Irvine Friendly Disputants ix. 154 When God is described anthropomorphously, this emotion [sc. indignation] is appropriately ascribed to Him.
1991 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 31 Aug. 21/1 The animals immortalized so anthropomorphously in childhood stories and films go about their business, which consists mainly of eating shrubbery, running at the slightest sound, [etc.].
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