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humanwise

Adverb CEFR B2

Definitions

In a humanly order, manner, or fashion; in a way typical of humans

Examples

“We ourselves, like⟳ the savage, necessarily speak⟳ of God and imagine⟳ Him humanwise,—…”
“There is apparent everywhere an orderliness which we, humanwise, find⟳ suggestive of man's design⟳, a conscious adherence to an architectural plan⟳ utilizing throughout the same long, parallel, west-slanting lines —…”
“In his view⟳, there are no such things; there are just particles arranged humanwise.”
“By contrast, a human being is one simpliciter, and not just one secundum quid, because, although a heap of stones is many stones arranged heapwise, a human being is not many organs or many cells or many atoms arranged humanwise.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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