autoptically
Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- adverb By means of ocular view, or one's own observation.
Examples
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It is indeed perhaps more likely that the ancient inhabitants of the Upper Mississippi Valley were autoptically acquainted with the mastodon than with either of the above-named animals, owing to their southern habitat.
Note
The word 'autoptically' comes from a Greek word meaning 'eyewitness'.
