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halieutically

halieutically

English

Adverb

halieutically (not comparable)

  1. (rare, humorous) In terms of fishing.
    • 1877, John Jackson Manley, Notes on Fish and Fishing (page 267)
      But, however much to be despised gastronomically, the barbel halieutically, or in an angling point of view, amply makes up for his carnal insipidity and positive nastiness. He is essentially a game fish when hooked, and fights bravely to the last.
    • 1883, Saturday Review of Politics, Literature, Science and Art
      [] perhaps the author himself, despite the hundred and fifty pages which he has filled, has been somewhat cramped by his attempt to be halieutically encyclopaedic.