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constitutionally

adv
/kɒnstɪˈt͡ʃuːʃənəli/UK/kɑnstəˈtuʃənəli/US

Etymology

From constitutional + -ly.

  1. derived from *steh₂-✻ — “to stand (up)”
  2. derived from cōnstitūtiō
  3. derived from constitucion
  4. inherited from constitucioun
  5. formed as constitutionally — “constitutional + -ly”

Definitions

  1. Pertaining to one's bodily constitution

    Pertaining to one's bodily constitution; physically, physiologically.

    • These children are constitutionally sad. Other children, like Luke, develop depressive feelings out of the blue or in response to some mild stressor.
    • The astonishing progress of science had made God quite irrelevant; it had caused human beings to focus so intently on the physical world that they would soon be constitutionally unable to take God seriously.

  2. Pertaining to one's fundamental values or mental inclinations.

    • The effect of this filtering of ideas through the convictions of a class which is constitutionally disposed to certain views is by no means confined to the masses.

  3. In accordance with a political constitution.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA