animally
English
    
    Pronunciation
    
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈanɪməli/
Adjective
    
animally (comparative more animally, superlative most animally)
- Resembling or characteristic of an animal.
- 2001, Oliver Sacks, Uncle Tungsten: Memories of a Chemical Boyhood:- There were, besides the pleasant fruity smells, a number of vile, animally smells that one could easily make from simple ingredients or extract from plants.
 
 
Adverb
    
animally (comparative more animally, superlative most animally)
- In respect of the physical or "animal" faculties, as opposed to the intellect or spirit.
- 1902, William James, The Varieties of Religious Experience […] , London: Folio Society, published 2008, page 68:- ‘Cosmic emotion’ inevitably takes them in the form of enthusiasm and freedom. I speak not only of those who are animally happy.
 
 
- (obsolete) In respect of the anima or animal spirits.
Translations
    
in respect of the animal faculties
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