The Collaborative International Dictionary
Philosophic \Phil`o*soph"ic\, Philosophical \Phil`o*soph"ic*al\, a. [L. philosophicus: cf. F. philosophique.] Of or pertaining to philosophy; versed in, or imbued with, the principles of philosophy; hence, characterizing a philosopher; rational; wise; temperate; calm; cool. -- Phil`o*soph"ic*al*ly, adv.
Wiktionary
adv. In a philosophical manner.
WordNet
adv. in a philosophic manner; "she took it philosophically"
with respect to philosophy; "the movement is philosphically indebted to Rousseau"
Usage examples of "philosophically".
As far as we can determine, Blatch received the deception philosophically.
Dantes gazed on the man who could thus philosophically resign hopes so long and ardently nourished with an astonishment mingled with admiration.
Of all the Beatles, George Harrison had always been the one most attracted to Eastern ideas, both musically and philosophically.
But are you saying that all philosophically mistaken ideas are psychologically or neurotically motivated?
He accepted the result philosophically and refrained from comments, content, apparently, to leave the part he had played in world affairs to the verdict of history.
Alethea philosophically to Sue Phipps, her staff nurse, and ten minutes later wished the remark unsaid when the telephone rang to say that there was a compound fracture of tib and fib coming up and that the Orthopaedic Registrar would see it right away.
The Vikings was purely theatrical, and not, as in his later dramas, also philosophically symbolic.
Benjamin Bathurst, who, until now, was well-behaved and seemed to take his confinement philosophically, should suddenly make this rash and fatal attempt, unless it was because of those infernal dunderheads of madhouse doctors who have been bothering him.
He had, from the first, calmly and philosophically recognized the fact that he must break down, in part, the Chinese wall of her self-approval, before any elevating ideas and ennobling impulses could enter, and as much through unforeseen events as by his effort, this had been done to a degree that threatened results that appalled him.
The middle portion of my novel The Gods Themselves, with its intricate picture of a trisexual society, has been interpreted psychiatrically and philosophically in ways that I know I didn intend, and in terms that I literally don understand.
Having done this we have only got to settle what a thing is - when a thing is a thing pure and simple, and when it is only a congeries of things - and we shall doubtless then live very happily and very philosophically ever afterwards.
Philosophically speaking, I think self-narcotization and selfalcoholization are rather ignoble substitutes for undisturbed selfconsciousness and unfettered self-control.
The company is viewed with reverence by most of its workers, many of whom live in Brockport, which is about as far removed geographically from Long Island as it is philosophically.
To put it rather more philosophically: every cloud has a silver lining.
The Exotics, rich and powerful, and philosophically committed not to do violence in their own proper persons, hired the best mercenary troops to be had between the stars.