intellectually

English

Etymology

From intellectual +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

intellectually (comparative more intellectually, superlative most intellectually)

2. In an intellectual manner.
   • 1949, F. A. Hayek, “The Intellectuals and Socialism”, in University of Chicago Law Review, volume 16, number 3, Chicago: University of Chicago, →DOI, page 421:

     And just because the intellectuals are mostly intellectually honest it is inevitable that they should follow their own convictions whenever they have discretion and that they should give a corresponding slant to everything that passes through their hand.

   • 2002, Yanis Varoufakis, Foundations of Economics: A Beginner's Companion, page 25:

     Nevertheless intellectually, ideologically and politically he identified with industrialists whom he, just like Smith, saw as the usherers of progress.

Derived terms

• intellectually challenged
• intellectually disabled

Translations

in an intellectual manner

Catalan: intel·lectualment Danish: intellektuelt Finnish: älyllisesti (fi) French: intellectuellement (fr) German: intellektuell (de) Hungarian: értelmileg (hu), intellektuálisan Italian: intellettualmente (it) Latvian: intelektuāli Polish: intelektualnie (pl) Spanish: intelectualmente Swedish: intellektuellt (sv)