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Synoptically

Synoptic \Syn*op"tic\, Synoptical \Syn*op"tic*al\, a. [Gr. ?: cf. F. synoptique. See Synopsis.] Affording a general view of the whole, or of the principal parts of a thing; as, a synoptic table; a synoptical statement of an argument. ``The synoptic Gospels.''
--Alford. -- Syn*op"tic*al*ly, adv.

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synoptically

adv. 1 In a synoptic manner 2 With reference to a synopsis

Usage examples of "synoptically".

He hoped, he said, to arrange and sum up all the knowledge of his time, symmetrically and synoptically, around a central idea.