quidditativelyadv.
/ˈkwɪdᵻtətᵻvli/, U.S. /ˈkwɪdəˌteɪdᵻvli/, /ˈkwɪdədədəvli/ In respect of or with regard to ‘quiddity’ or essence; essentially.
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the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > essence or intrinsic nature > [adverb]
formlyc1374
virtuallya1398
essentially1398
pithily1434
substantial1447
in substance1460
quidditativelyc1600
absolutely1654
constitutionally1766
essential1827
substantively1828
c1600 Timon (1980) iv. iii. 60 The Moone may bee taken..either specificatiuely, or Quidditatiuely, or Superficially or Catapodially.
1750 M. Clancy Memoirs I. 77 The decisive Word on which they finally depend..would require itself as much Explanation, as any Enigma pronounced by the Sphinx at Thebes; quidditatively, quantitatively,..and all the Legions of Words terminating in ly.
1876 J. J. Elmendorf Outl. Lect. Hist. Philos. viii. 107 Divine perfections must be predicated, not qualitatively, but ‘quidditatively’.
1962 Jrnl. Philos. 59 745 Things are similar if they are to disposed to cause the mind to conceive them, either essentially (quidditatively) or in terms of their accidents.
1983 M. L. Colish Mirror of Lang. (rev. ed.) iii. 127 The intellect..hesitates to accept as true something which it cannot know quidditatively and which it cannot verify empirically.
2005 Evening Standard (Nexis) 30 Mar. 31 The Hollywood-style interior mirror lights [of a double-decker bus]..[have] always struck me as quidditatively appropriate for a vehicle that contains all of life's dramas as it trundles along.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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