Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In the manner of a doctor.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb rare In the manner of a doctor.
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- adverb By, or in the manner of, a
doctor .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Normally doctorally (ph) when a force moves and it gets an extended supply line like this, it uses a combination of techniques.
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The Professor passed the tip of his tongue on his dry, thin lips, and said doctorally:
The Secret Agent; a Simple Tale Joseph Conrad 1890
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"Bells drive phantoms and spectres away," Gévingey answered, doctorally, filling his pipe.
Là-bas Keene [Translator] Wallace 1877
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Warcolier rolled his huge eyes in astonishment; then, with the self-satisfied smile of an expressionless beau, after passing his fat hand through his long whiskers, yellow and streaked with gray, that decorated his rosy cheeks, he remarked doctorally, that Monsieur le
His Excellency the Minister Jules Claretie 1876
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Mike Kiley wrote: I am giving my expert opinion as a doctorally trained political scientist; I do not need to give you a link. bagzzaf wrote: No I don't "admonish" those on the right for using the word communist, and I do not have to show that I've done it in the past to discuss AM760's assertion.
Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local blh1616 2010
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In addition, she established and currently chairs a new academic department within the division of nursing that will nurture a growing research program and a corps of doctorally-prepared nurses who want to pursue teaching in addition to patient care.
National Business News - Local Business News | bizjournals 2009
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The top reasons cited by schools having difficulty finding faculty were noncompetitive salaries compared to positions in the practice arena (32. 2%) and the limited pool of doctorally-prepared faculty (30. 3%).
THE MEDICAL NEWS 2009
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