unplatonicallyadv.
/(ˌ)ʌnpləˈtɒnᵻkli/, U.S. /ˌənpləˈtɑnək(ə)li/ Not platonically. Originally: in a manner uncharacteristic of Plato or his ideas. Later also: unchastely.
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1668 H. More Divine Dialogues 288 That also, O Sophron, is very perversly and un-Platonically done of Cuphophron.
1836 W. Dobson tr. F. Schleiermacher Introd. Dialogues Plato 5 It may excite a smile to observe how unplatonically one who entertains such a feeling comes to the investigation of Plato.
1912 E. C. Mayne Byron II. iii. 65 Whether Claire ‘loved’ Shelley un-platonically or not, it is quite certain that only platonically did he love her.
a1957 R. G. Vansittart Mist Procession (1958) iv. 59 The French unplatonically assumed that we did not love them whenever we pressed them toward moderation.
2000 L. Brébion & T. Crouse tr. R. M. du Gard Lieutenant-colonel de Maumort vi. 149 My friend Raoul de Luzac, who was quite unplatonically sensual.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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