Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a prophetic manner; by way of prediction; in the manner of prophecy.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In a prophetical manner; by way of prediction.
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- adverb In a
prophetic manner. - adverb As a
prophecy .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb in a prophetic manner
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Examples
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Theodoret's words are remarkable; "phoresomen, He used the expression prophetically not hortatively."
NPNF1-12. Saint Chrysostom: Homilies on the Epistles of Paul to the Corinthians Editor 1889
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Whether God ordained special laws for other nations also, and revealed Himself to their lawgivers prophetically, that is, under the attributes by which the latter were accustomed to imagine Him, I cannot sufficiently determine.
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In particular they have deleted the part where he warned about the dangers of sub-prime mortgages in the USA and called prophetically for a new global regulatory systems to stave off a credit meltdown in a decade's time.
Guy Fawkes' blog 2008
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Second, although as one whose whole mission in life now is to speak "prophetically," raising a moral voice to confront this amoral power, I am eager to conclude that the Democrats should speak boldly and clearly, I can see some reasons for uncertainty about the wisdom of that course.
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Eastern Islands, which have been called prophetically “the England of the
Chips From A German Workshop, Vol. V. Miscellaneous Later Essays 1861
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Did religion stand prophetically on the side of the poor demanding social justice (as some Christians believe Jesus did), or did religion forestall social reform, providing deadening consolation for economic injustice (as Karl Marx argued in speaking of religion as the “opiate of the masses”)?
American Grace Robert D. Putnam 2010
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Proverbs 29:7 intones prophetically that “The righteous care about justice for the poor, but the wicked have no such concern.”
American Grace Robert D. Putnam 2010
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“Someday, you may want these,” she had said prophetically.
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Grieving and Recovery Jack Canfield 2011
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It was a glorious morning, but our boat-steerer shook his head ominously as he glanced at the rising sun and prophetically muttered: "Red sun in the morning, sailor take warning."
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The fact is that unless some tax cutting conservatives are brought in fast (to cut the top marginal rate to less than 30%, and to eliminate the capital gains tax), America as we know it will cease to exist, as Alan Keyes so prophetically predicted.
Matthew Yglesias » DeMint: The Richest 0.7 Percent of the Population is “Lots of People” 2009
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