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from The Century Dictionary.

  • In the manner of an inventory.

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Examples

  • Sir, his definement suffers no perdition in you; though, I know, to divide him inventorially would dizzy the arithmetic of memory, and yet but yaw neither, in respect of his quick sail.

    Act V. Scene II. Hamlet, Prince of Denmark 1914

  • Sir, his definement22 suffers no perdition23 in you; though, I know, to divide him inventorially would dizzy the arithmetic of memory, and yet but yaw24 neither, in respect of his quick sail.

    Act V. Scene II 1909

  • 'Well -- I could hardly say inventorially like that.

    A Pair of Blue Eyes Thomas Hardy 1884

  • Sir, his definement suffers no perdition in you; though, I know, to divide him inventorially would dizzy the arithmetic of memory, and yet but yaw neither, in respect of his quick sail.

    Hamlet, Prince of Denmark 1600

  • Sir, his definement suffers no perdition in you; -- though, I know, to divide him inventorially would dizzy the arithmetic of memory, and yet but yaw neither, in respect of his quick sail.

    Hamlet William Shakespeare 1590

  • Sir, his definement suffers no perdition in you; — though, I know, to divide him inventorially, would dizzy the arithmetick of memory; and yet but raw neither, in respect of his quick sail.

    The plays of William Shakespeare. In fifteen volumes. With the corrections and illustrations of various commentators 1793

  • ‘Well — I could hardly say inventorially like that.

    A Pair of Blue Eyes 2006

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