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mentally

[men-tl-ee]

Origin

adverb

in or with the mind or intellect; intellectually.

with regard to the mind.

Origin:
1655–65; mental¹ + -ly

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mental¹ (ˈmɛnt^əl)

—*adj*
1.	of or involving the mind or an intellectual process
2.	occurring only in the mind: mental calculations
3.	Preferred form: psychiatric affected by mental illness: a mental patient
4.	Preferred form: psychiatric concerned with care for persons with mental illness: a mental hospital
5.	slang insane

[C15: from Late Latin mentālis, from Latin mēns mind]

'mentally¹

—*adv*

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Word Origin & History

mentally

1660s, from mental + -ly (2).

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