cardinallyadv.
/ˈkɑːdᵻnəli/, /ˈkɑːdn̩əli/, /ˈkɑːdn̩l̩i/, U.S. /ˈkɑrdn̩əli/, /ˈkɑrdənəli/ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual activity > [adverb]
fleshlyc1175
carnally1474
cardinallya1616
sexually1655
venereally1945
a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) ii. i. 77 My wife, who, if she had bin a woman Cardinally giuen, might haue bin accus'd in fornication. View more context for this quotation
2. Fundamentally, pre-eminently.
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > causation > basis or foundation > [adverb]
radically?a1425
fundamentallyc1449
primordially1604
primitively1610
cardinally1631
at (the) root1638
centrally1646
ultimately1660
au fond1782
basally1882
basically1903
the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [adverb] > essentially
cardinally1631
basically1903
the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > pre-eminence > [adverb]
highlyOE
overalla1225
with the firstc1300
principally1340
principalc1390
in principala1393
chiefly14..
ratherestc1400
rathestc1400
primarily1587
kat' exochen1588
paravant1590
pre-eminently1590
primely1610
cardinally1631
transeminently1642
paramountly1798
par eminence1823
1631 C. Herle Contempl. & Devotions Saviours Death & Passion v. 119 Wisedome, power, maiesty, and bounty; all which how cardinally eminent they were in him.
1761 D. Mather Animadversions 71 Upon this point, his whole scheme cardinally depends.
1874 J. Morley On Compromise 28 Our own [age] is characteristically and cardinally an epoch of transition.
1943 Dublin Rev. Oct. 140 I shall take it for granted that Aristotle was aware of the religious associations..behind those odd pregnant terms..that are so cardinally important to his whole theory of tragedy.
2015 Russ. Govt. News (Nexis) 3 Dec. Of course, what you are doing alone cannot cardinally change the situation.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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