INTELLECTUALLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does intellectually mean? 

• INTELLECTUALLY (adverb)
  The adverb INTELLECTUALLY has 1 sense:

1. in an intellectual manner

  Familiarity information: INTELLECTUALLY used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INTELLECTUALLY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

In an intellectual manner

Context example:

intellectually influenced

Pertainym:

intellectual (appealing to or using the intellect)

 Context examples 

It was splendid and magnificent only intellectually.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Intellectually they were children, inhabiting the physical forms of men.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

New research shows that heat can affect even healthy young adults intellectually, with worse cognitive performance observed in students who slept in a non-air-conditioned room during a heat wave.

(Hot Dorm Rooms Could Affect Students' Memory, Sadie Witkowski/VOA)

It was a wild night—but it was wild intellectually, a battle of ideas.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)