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PROPHETICALLY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does prophetically mean?
• PROPHETICALLY (adverb)
The adverb PROPHETICALLY has 1 sense:
1. in a prophetic manner
Familiarity information: PROPHETICALLY used as an adverb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
In a prophetic manner
Context example:
he prophetically anticipated the disaster
Pertainym:
prophetic (foretelling events as if by supernatural intervention)
Context examples
Mr. Knightley had spoken prophetically, when he once said, “Emma, you have been no friend to Harriet Smith.”
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
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