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spiritly

spiritly

English

Adjective

spiritly (comparative more spiritly, superlative most spiritly)

  1. Of, relating to, or resembling a spirit; spiritual; spiritlike.
    • 2005, David Kolzion, Beyond the Tombs: A Spiritual Concerto:
      So much so that later theologians could point out inconsistencies internal within those stories (identifying a spiritly figure as both God and his messenger), and would propose some probable modifications through time upon those descriptions [...]
    • 2010, Tn-Long Ng Tn-Long, Ngô Tôn-Long, Reasoning from Beyond the Tombs:
      On the other hand, the 'spirit of life' or the 'breath of spirit of life' deprived of allflesh could no longer do either evil or good: Driven out of flesh and having done evil, the 'spirits' (spiritly beings or spirit—creatures) could never return to their Creator [...]

Adverb

spiritly (comparative more spiritly, superlative most spiritly)

  1. In a spiritual manner; according to the spirit; spiritually.