rituallyadv.

1612 J. Selden in M. Drayton Poly-olbion ix. Illustr. 154 [The] solemnity of drinking out of a cup, ritually compos'd, deckt, and fill'd with countrey liquor.

1657 J. Trapp Comm. Ezra vi. 20 ‘All of them were pure’—Ritually at least, if not really.

1753 W. Warburton Princ. Nat. & Revealed Relig. v. 98 The rest of the sons of Adam; who, because ritually unholy and prophane, were deemed to be naturally unrelated to them.

1803 A. Hunter et al. Georgical Ess. (new ed.) IV. viii. 291 Besides the mistletoe, the Druids ritually gathered the Selago.

1847 Ecclesiologist May 200 Chancel..is ritually confined to that part of the church where the Clerici celebrate the lesser offices.

1892 A. B. Bruce Apologetics ii. ii. 184 Obligations to be holy, not ritually only but really.

1914 J. S. Huxley in Proc. Zool. Soc. 1 506 The Grebe is interesting as showing all three stages of the process at one time—the passive attitude employed sometimes directly, sometimes symbolically, and sometimes ritually.

1972 T. R. Williams Introd. Socialization viii. 183 Some American Indian cultures such as the Hopi and Zuni, ritually observe puberty for one or for both sexes.

2005 E. St. Aubyn Mother's Milk 131 Thomas..had taken to ritually contradicting the latest statement he heard.