Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a gnostic or knowing manner; cleverly; knowingly.
- According to Gnosticism: after the method or manner of the Gnostics.
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- adverb In a
gnostic way.
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Examples
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"gnostically" laid out; and the plot thickens and presents various sides of itself, like a craftsmanly made and tossed pancake.
A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century George Saintsbury 1889
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LNN: Tell us about your interest in Eastern religion and mysticism: is it literary, Fortean, or spiritual, and do you thus align yourself less with Lovecraft's hard line mechanistic materialism and more with other more gnostically inclined Weird authors like Machen?
Archive 2010-01-01 2010
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LNN: Tell us about your interest in Eastern religion and mysticism: is it literary, Fortean, or spiritual, and do you thus align yourself less with Lovecraft's hard line mechanistic materialism and more with other more gnostically inclined Weird authors like Machen?
LNN interviews Casey Rae-Hunter on his new album : The Lovecraft News Network 2010
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Since I'm advocating for as much Tango as Gospel of Thomas et al, I suggest that the gnostically curious treat herself to a pair of these:
Professors of Walking PeaceBang 2006
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(This should be enough to kickstart things, but if not, you have my permission to gnostically add, "I mean, Wheat Kings is obviously Saskatchewan.") 3.
sirilyan Diary Entry sirilyan 2003
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"All but t 'gam' bag and t 'liquor ca-ase, sur," Tim replied, touching his hat gnostically as he spoke; "Ay reckoned ple-ease sur, 'at you'd maybe want to fill t' yan oop, and empty t 'oother!"
Warwick Woodlands Things as they Were There Twenty Years Ago Henry William Herbert 1832
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"I say, little Sir Bingo," said the Squire, "this is the very fellow that we saw down at the Willow-slack on Saturday -- he was tog'd gnostically enough, and cast twelve yards of line with one hand -- the fly fell like a thistledown on the water."
St. Ronan's Well Walter Scott 1801
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Iceland Spar, provides the physical representation of the novel's sense of there being two worlds, one of which remains unseen to us and only gnostically available.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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“I say, little Sir Bingo,” said the Squire, “this is the very fellow that we saw down at the Willow-slack on Saturday — he was tog’d gnostically enough, and cast twelve yards of line with one hand — the fly fell like a thistledown on the water.”
Saint Ronan's Well 2008
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