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Definition of Notionally
1. adv. In mental apprehension; in conception; not in reality.
Definition of Notionally
1. Adverb. In a notional manner. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Notionally
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Notionally
Literary usage of Notionally
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of Thomas Goodwin, D.D. by Thomas Goodwin (1865)
"He had a great conviction of the goodness and excellence of salvation, and he
notionally knew it better than all the world, and not in itself only, ..."
2. A Christian Directory, Or, A Body of Practical Divinity and Cases of Conscience by Richard Baxter (1825)
"The Holy Spirit doth open the eyes and heart of a sinner, who hath heard, and
notionally understood the substance of the Gospel, ..."
3. The Classical Psychologists: Selections Illustrating Psychology from by Benjamin Rand (1912)
"But that they are notionally separable, is clear; for if perceiving is distinct
from opining, the faculty of sensation or perception is distinct from that ..."
4. Greek Theories of Elementary Cognition from Alcmaeon to Aristotle by John Isaac Beare (1906)
"Form and matter even in these are only notionally distinguishable. ... Matter and
form are thus correlative terms notionally (Ao'y<¡>) distinct, ..."
5. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage by Inc. Merriam-Webster (1994)
"The first is notional concord; the indefinite pronouns are often notionally
plural—some, indeed, more often than others—and in early modern English (before ..."
6. The Works of Thomas Shepard: First Pastor of the First Church, Cambridge by Thomas Shepard (1853)
"Thus, in seeing things notionally they see them not really. And hence many that
know most of sin know least of sin, because, in seeing it notionally, ..."
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