Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- With reference to or throughout the cosmos or universe; universally.
- With the sun at rising or setting: as, a star is said to rise or set cosmically when it rises or sets with the sun
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb With the sun at rising or setting.
- adverb rare Universally.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb In a
cosmic manner.
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Examples
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Particularly a world in which the problems we face, from climate change to financial collapse to nuclear terrorism, are of a newly existential order, and our options for action are cosmically ineffectual.
The Listener 2010
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It's about ambition, greed and corruption -- not intellectual error, a failure of understanding, incompetence and cosmically bad luck mixed with greed and corruption.
Robert Teitelman: Morgenson and Rosner's "Reckless Endangerment" Robert Teitelman 2011
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Aside from this, everytime he transforms he becomes cosmically aware.
Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » Stefan’s Review Forum 2009
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And she believes the stakes are cosmically dire, for both yin and yang, if men do not grow up fast.
Rob Asghar: "Where Are the Good Men"? Perhaps You Need Glasses Rob Asghar 2011
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On Tuesday Cleveland vanquished James and the Miami Heat at home, cosmically avenging a former hero's curt departure for South Beach.
Knicks Must Get Over the Cavaliers Jason Gay 2011
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But the truth is so cosmically abysmal that it threatens to expose a secret that could tear the very universe asunder.
DC Comics for February 2010 | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News 2009
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While I'm not quite as jaded as you, I agree that these "cosmically-proportioned" story lines have got to end.
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Generally, though, he prefers to indulge in esoteric art rock and cosmically warped disco.
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Instead, they're concentrating on weenie whipping an analysis, which is valid if not cosmically elegant, that shows their current capsule and escape booster is inadequate.
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And she believes the stakes are cosmically dire, for both yin and yang, if men do not grow up fast.
Rob Asghar: "Where Are the Good Men"? Perhaps You Need Glasses Rob Asghar 2011
janejetson commented on the word cosmically
woodthrush song: cosmically beautiful, BirdWatching/Cornell
March 23, 2010
reesetee commented on the word cosmically
It does have a beautiful call. You can listen here.
March 24, 2010