refractedlyadv.
/rᵻˈfraktᵻdli/, U.S. /rəˈfræktədli/, /riˈfræktədli/ In a refracted manner; in a mediated, altered, or distorted form.
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refractedly1684
1684 S. Pordage tr. T. Willis Tract Scurvy in Pract. Physick (rev. ed.) 184 Their irradiation, like the beams of the Sun, passing thorow a cloudy air, is performed, but refractedly, and disturbedly.
1854 C. Kingsley Alexandria 67 Even if he sees a truth, he can only see it refractedly.
1951 A. L. Rowse Eng. Past (1952) 163 It may have been due to the light, the queer western light coming refractedly in from the afternoon now quietening from the storm.
1998 K. Miller in J. Treglown & B. Bennett Grub St. & Ivory Tower xiii. 258 He sees Ireland, too, though more refractedly, in Burke's attitude to the French Revolution.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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