Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a Platonic manner.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In a Platonic manner.
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- adverb In a
platonic manner.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Mr. Carlyle introduced a style of thinking about Knox which may be called platonically Puritan.
John Knox and the Reformation Lang, Andrew, 1844-1912 1905
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Mr. Carlyle introduced a style of thinking about Knox which may be called platonically Puritan.
John Knox and the Reformation Andrew Lang 1878
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Covenants were still and were eternally binding on Scotland; in fact, these preachers were "platonically" for going back to the old ecclesiastical claims, with the old war of Church and State.
A Short History of Scotland Andrew Lang 1878
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You know those couples that break up because they "have no future together" and hang out all the time "platonically" even though everyone knows that they're still totally in love and just pretending to be cool with it?
Prefix 2008
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With this biographical information in mind, Regan vowed to take an even more tactful approach to the unpleasant but all the more urgent task of reaching an understanding with Tess Gilchrest that their new friendship could continue only platonically.
O: A Presidential Novel Anonymous 2011
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But then Gerald met Tom, and to my pleasant surprise, they fell platonically in love.
Live and Let Love Andrea Buchanan 2011
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Travis Bickle is a Romantic anti-hero; a man incapable of love who gives his heart to one woman completely and another platonically.
Travis&Jared Jack Nelson 2011
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With this biographical information in mind, Regan vowed to take an even more tactful approach to the unpleasant but all the more urgent task of reaching an understanding with Tess Gilchrest that their new friendship could continue only platonically.
O: A Presidential Novel Anonymous 2011
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Second, they move in together, at first platonically, but then comes the sex scene.
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With this biographical information in mind, Regan vowed to take an even more tactful approach to the unpleasant but all the more urgent task of reaching an understanding with Tess Gilchrest that their new friendship could continue only platonically.
O: A Presidential Novel Anonymous 2011
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