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PRONUNCIATION OF PLATONICALLY

platonically  [pləˈtɒnɪkəlɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PLATONICALLY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Platonically is an adverb.
The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

WHAT DOES PLATONICALLY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of platonically in the English dictionary

The definition of platonically in the dictionary is in a way that is free from physical desire.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PLATONICALLY


Byronically
baɪˈrɒnɪkəlɪ
canonically
kəˈnɒnɪkəlɪ
demonically
dɪˈmɒnɪkəlɪ
electronically
ɪlekˈtrɒnɪkəlɪ
harmonically
hɑːˈmɒnɪkəlɪ
hydroponically
ˌhaɪdrəʊˈpɒnɪkəlɪ
ironically
aɪˈrɒnɪkəlɪ
laconically
ləˈkɒnɪkəlɪ
monotonically
ˌmɒnəˈtɒnɪkəlɪ
moronically
məˈrɒnɪkəlɪ
sardonically
sɑːˈdɒnɪkəlɪ
stereophonically
ˌstɛrɪəˈfɒnɪkəlɪ
subsonically
ˌsʌbˈsɒnɪkəlɪ
supersonically
ˌsuːpəˈsɒnɪkəlɪ
synchronically
sɪŋˈkrɒnɪkəlɪ
tectonically
tɛkˈtɒnɪkəlɪ
telephonically
ˌtelɪˈfɒnɪkəlɪ
tonically
ˈtɒnɪkəlɪ
ultrasonically
ˌʌltrəˈsɒnɪkəlɪ
unironically
ˌʌnaɪˈrɒnɪkəlɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PLATONICALLY

platitudinise
platitudiniser
platitudinize
platitudinizer
platitudinous
platitudinously
Plato
Platonic
Platonic body
Platonic solid
Platonism
Platonist
platoon
platoon sergeant
plats du jour
Plattdeutsch
Platte
platted
platteland
platter

WORDS THAT END LIKE PLATONICALLY

actually
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basically
clinically
critically
dramatically
drastically
economically
fantastically
historically
locally
periodically
physically
politically
practically
specifically
statistically
technically
tragically
typically

Synonyms and antonyms of platonically in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «platonically» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PLATONICALLY

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The translations of platonically from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «platonically» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

platonically
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

platónicamente
570 millions of speakers

English

platonically
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

platonically
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

platonically
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

платонически
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

platonicamente
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

platonically
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

platoniquement
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Platonik
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

platonisch
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

platonically
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

platonically
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Platonis
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

platonically
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

platonically
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

प्लॅटोनिकली
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

platonik
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

platonicamente
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

platonicznie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

платонічно
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

platonic
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

platonically
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

platonies
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

platonically
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

platonically
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of platonically

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PLATONICALLY»

The term «platonically» is normally little used and occupies the 123.920 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PLATONICALLY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about platonically

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PLATONICALLY»

Discover the use of platonically in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to platonically and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Plato's Republic: Critical Essays
But even granting Plato's conclusions, had he met the first requirement and not the second, he would have left open the possibility of Platonically unjust men who were vulgarly just and yet no happier, perhaps less so, than vulgarly unjust men.
Richard Kraut, 2000
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Socratic, Platonic and Aristotelian Studies: Essays in Honor ...
Does a Platonically just man have a motive to obey it? Here it is important to distinguish among the individual laws, and notice that the criminal actions that Socrates claims a psychically just man will not do would be proscribed by any legal ...
Georgios Anagnostopoulos, 2011
3
A Companion to Plato
There are two points about Plato's conception of correct law that bear on the Platonically just man's observance of the law concerning adultery. The first is that correct law, in aiming at the inculcation of all the virtues, is in Plato's view a form of ...
Hugh H. Benson, 2008
4
Lazarus, Come Forth!
... came post factum into manifestation from amongst the colourful multiplicity! One must either give up thinking and bring it to a halt, or one must think platonically if one does not want to—or is unable to—accept things without further thought.
5
Rationality and Logic
Something is platonically abstract if and only if it has extraspatiotemporal existence: for example, ante rem universals, or the inhabitants of Frege's “third realm.” Platonically abstract objects are intrinsically nonspatiotemporal and have no ...
Hanna
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Classical Philosophy: Plato's ethics
For example, he says in book 4 that a Platonically just man will not commit adultery, an action which is commonly unjust. But we find in the ideal state that sexual mores for the Guardians have changed completely; so there is no answer to the ...
Terence Irwin, 1995
7
Platonically Stained
A collection of erotic stories by Dutch author Josepha van Lieshout. Aimed especially to amuse women, but entertaining to men as well.
Josepha Van Lieshout, 2005
8
From Plato to Platonism
CHAPTER. 3. Reading. the. Dialogues. Platonically. If we are going to give ownership of all the doctrines in the dialogues to Plato—the elements of UP and the positive responses to them—then we are going to have to face the question of  ...
Lloyd P. Gerson, 2013
9
In Defense of Intuitions: A New Rationalist Manifesto
So although all platonically abstract entities are also things-in-themselves/ noumena, and although all the properties of platonically abstract entities are found in all things-in-themselves/noumena, some of the properties of some ...
Andrew Chapman, Addison Ellis, Robert Hanna, 2013
10
"It is the Spirit that Gives Life": A Stoic Understanding of ...
When Dodd's Platonically inspired reading is juxtaposed with the Stoic one proposed in this study, it becomes clear what is at stake in the different approaches to John 20, namely God's relation to the world. Is God a lofty Platonic being beyond ...
Gitte Buch-Hansen, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PLATONICALLY»

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FLASHBACK: You Are Cordially Invited to A (Soap) Wedding (Part 3 …
... ceremony when it appeared Chancellor wouldn't be able to divorce his wife. Unlike Tara and Phil, Jill and Brock lived platonically. «We Love Soaps, Jul 15»
2
Rats in the kitchen and beds in the living room: Why London's …
One friend says she's heard of London renters “hotbedding” — sharing a bed, platonically, to save on rent. Nights spend at boyfriends' flats are ... «Evening Standard, Jul 15»
3
15 Problems Only Women With Lots of Guy Friends Understand
Basically, having lots of guy friends is 90 percent justifying to the world how you can be platonically into each other. It's a ~*bUrDeN*~. 10. «Cosmopolitan.com, Jul 15»
4
The Flirt Expert
“It can be done platonically. It can be done romantically. It doesn't have to be about the seduction. It can be, but it's really about connecting on a ... «Curve Magazine, Jul 15»
5
Sherlock Holmes, Family Man
He propositions his housekeeper, platonically of course but no less meaningfully, promising her his estate if she will care for him for his ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
6
Europe and the deadly Matterhorn
... little village of Zermatt in the Swiss Alps to try to become the first men to climb the Platonically perfect-looking mountain called the Matterhorn. «Newsweek, Jul 15»
7
The Existential Genius of Late Woody Allen
At the same time, he becomes close—platonically close—with Jill, a student whom he considers gifted. Jill feeds on his every world-weary word ... «The New Yorker, Jul 15»
8
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She still loves to dance and is taking tango lessons with her Knick co-star Charles Aitken—platonically. Though Hewson dated the actor James ... «Town and Country Magazine, Jul 15»
9
Zayn Malik Leaves One Direction: Look Back at First 100 Days Since …
... and Harry even managed to publicly grab Niall's crotch, something you certainly don't do if you're still platonically missing another dude. «Billboard, Jul 15»
10
The Passivity Project
As a mother, and her household's sole breadwinner, Cusk felt herself to be “both man and woman”—powerfully self-sufficient, platonically ... «The Nation., Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Platonically [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/platonically>. Jun 2026 ».
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