Hypertext Webster Gateway: "mystically"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Mystic \Mys"tic\, Mystical \Mys"tic*al\, a. [L. mysticus, Gr. ?
belonging to secret rites, from ? one initiated: cf. F.
mystique. See 1st {Mystery}, {Misty}.]
1. Remote from or beyond human comprehension; baffling human
understanding; unknowable; obscure; mysterious.

Heaven's numerous hierarchy span The mystic gulf
from God to man. --Emerson.

God hath revealed a way mystical and supernatural.
--Hooker.

2. Importing or implying mysticism; involving some secret
meaning; allegorical; emblematical; as, a mystic dance;
mystic Babylon.

Thus, then, did the spirit of unity and meekness
inspire every joint and sinew of the mystical body.
--Milton.
-- {Mys"tic*al*ly}, adv. -- {Mys"tic*al*ness}, n.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

mystically
adv : in a mystical manner; "chant mystically"


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