Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Intellectually; in the mind; in thought or meditation; in idea.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adverb In the mind; in thought or meditation; intellectually; in idea.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adverb in a mental manner; an idea thought out in one's mind, as opposed to an idea spoken orally.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adverb in your mind

Etymologies

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mental +‎ -ly

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