- Jesuitically
- Jesuitically \Jes`u*it"ic*al*ly\, adv. In a jesuitical manner. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
Jesuitically
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jesuitically — adverb see Jesuit … New Collegiate Dictionary
Jesuitically — See Jesuitical. * * * … Universalium
Jesuitically — adv. in a jesuitical way, slyly, foxily, calculatingly, guilefully, schemingly, craftily … English contemporary dictionary
jesuitically — jesu·it·i·cal·ly … English syllables
jesuitically — adverb see jesuitic … Useful english dictionary
Jesuitical — Jesuitically, adv. /jezh ooh it i keuhl, jez ooh , jez yooh /, adj. 1. of or pertaining to Jesuits or Jesuitism. 2. (often l.c.) practicing casuistry or equivocation; using subtle or oversubtle reasoning; crafty; sly; intriguing. Also, Jesuitic.… … Universalium
Jesuit — noun Etymology: New Latin Jesuita, from Late Latin Jesus Date: 1548 1. a member of the Roman Catholic Society of Jesus founded by St. Ignatius Loyola in 1534 and devoted to missionary and educational work 2. one given to intrigue or equivocation… … New Collegiate Dictionary
anti-Jesuitical — adj.; anti Jesuitically, adv. * * * … Universalium
un-Jesuitical — adj.; un Jesuitically, adv. * * * … Universalium
Jesuitical — adjective 1》 relating to or concerning the Jesuits. 2》 dissembling or equivocating, in a manner once associated with Jesuits. Derivatives Jesuitically adverb … English new terms dictionary
