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spiritually - 3 dictionary results

spir⋅it⋅u⋅al

[spir-i-choo-uhl]
–adjective
1. of, pertaining to, or consisting of spirit; incorporeal.
2. of or pertaining to the spirit or soul, as distinguished from the physical nature: a spiritual approach to life.
3. closely akin in interests, attitude, outlook, etc.: the professor's spiritual heir in linguistics.
4. of or pertaining to spirits or to spiritualists; supernatural or spiritualistic.
5. characterized by or suggesting predominance of the spirit; ethereal or delicately refined: She is more of a spiritual type than her rowdy brother.
6. of or pertaining to the spirit as the seat of the moral or religious nature.
7. of or pertaining to sacred things or matters; religious; devotional; sacred.
8. of or belonging to the church; ecclesiastical: lords spiritual and temporal.
9. of or relating to the mind or intellect.
–noun
10. a spiritual or religious song: authentic folk spirituals.
11. spirituals, affairs of the church.
12. a spiritual thing or matter.

Origin:
1275–1325; ME < ML spīrituālis, equiv. to L spīritu- (s. of spīritus spirit ) + -ālis -al 1


spir⋅it⋅u⋅al⋅ly, adverb
spir⋅it⋅u⋅al⋅ness, noun
spir·i·tu·al   (spĭr'ĭ-chōō-əl)   
adj.  
  1. Of, relating to, consisting of, or having the nature of spirit; not tangible or material. See Synonyms at immaterial.
  2. Of, concerned with, or affecting the soul.
  3. Of, from, or relating to God; deific.
  4. Of or belonging to a church or religion; sacred.
  5. Relating to or having the nature of spirits or a spirit; supernatural.
n.  
    1. A religious folk song of African-American origin.
    2. A work composed in imitation of such a song.
  1. Religious, spiritual, or ecclesiastical matters. Often used in the plural.

[Middle English, from Old French spirituel, from Latin spīrituālis, of breathing, spiritual, from spīritus, breath; see spirit.]
spir'i·tu·al·ly adv., spir'i·tu·al·ness n.

Spiritually

Spir"it*u*al*ly\, adv. In a spiritual manner; with purity of spirit; like a spirit.
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