necromanticallyadv.
/ˌnɛkrə(ʊ)ˈmantɪkli/, U.S. /ˌnɛkrəˈmæn(t)ɪk(ə)li/ In a necromantic manner; by, or as if by, necromancy; with regard to necromancy. Also figurative.
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a1646 J. Gregory Posthuma (1649) 199 After som diabolical Exorcisms, Necromantically performed the head shall prove vocal.
1855 Harper's Mag. Nov. 821/2 Altogether the associations connected with the wourali..are as necromantically awful as the greatest lover of ‘Fetich’ could desire.
1940 R. A. Freeman Mr. Polton Explains xviii. 254 He was a little taken aback..by the apparition of Polton, himself, seated necromantically behind his microscope.
1963 Times 1 May 13/6 Voodoo..is seen as a religion of fear in which people become like animals, being possessed by demons and necromantically meddling with the spirits of the dead.
1965 New Statesman 12 Nov. 749/1 The most marvellous, necromantically speaking, is probably the title piece, where a boy learns the hazards of magic.
1992 Sunday Times (Nexis) 20 Sept. (Features section) The European Community's exchange-rate mechanism (ERM) died last weekend, and Norman Lamont lost a lot of our reserves by lingering necromantically attached to its putrefying corpse.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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