axiomaticallyadv.
In axiomatic manner:† a. Logic. In the form of a simple proposition. Obsolete.
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the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > logical proposition > [adverb]
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1588 A. Fraunce Lawiers Logike i. ii. f. 9 Placing them axiomatically, syllogistically, or methodically, we argue some other thing either by explication or confirmation.
b. As in axiom, as an admitted principle or self-evident truth.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > saying, maxim, adage > self-evident truth, axiom > [adverb]
axiomaticallyc1643
postulationally1913
the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > absence of doubt, confidence > assured fact, certainty > evident certainty > [adverb] > self-evidently
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c1643 Maximes Unfold. 46 Pronounced axiomatically for truth.
1840 W. M. Thackeray Paris Sketch Bk. I. 238 ‘Society,’ writes the Prince, axiomatically, ‘contains in itself two principles.’
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