Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- As a mental conception.
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- adverb In a
conceptual manner
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- adverb in a conceptual manner
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Examples
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What bothers me conceptually is that he's marrying someone's program.
Video: man in Japan weds anime game character Boing Boing 2009
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Agreement itself emerges, again conceptually, from the revealed choice behavior of individuals.
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A lot of people seem to like the idea conceptually, but would never actually use the site.
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I've been going to UU churches off and on my whole life, really liking the idea conceptually but finding when I went that the.. spirit moving in the place was so tamed, so calmed.
Philocrites: Megachurch pastor: UUs just don't do transformation. 2008
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Thus, it is consistent with the notion of nonconceptual content that the representation in question is in fact produced in what Raftopoulos and Müller would call a conceptually mediated way, whereby concepts in the subject's possession influence the content of a personal level representation, without the content of the representation being specifiable in terms of concepts available to the subject.
Nonconceptual Mental Content Bermúdez, José 2008
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The samples can only be described as conceptually dubious and methodologically unsound.
Critique of “No Basis” Part One: Their Appalling Double-Standards 2006
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Again, the salient point here is that if you mistakenly believe that "Christianist" and "Islamic terrorist" are interchangeable conceptually, that is your mistake, not anyone else's.
Why not engage with me instead of trying to make me into your enemy? Ann Althouse 2006
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The samples can only be described as conceptually …
Critique of “No Basis” Part One: Their Appalling Double-Standards 2006
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Granted, you end up with a very minimal install, but that's fine, because I personally like the idea of conceptually separating the installation of the system from the installation and configuration of programs.
OSNews 2009
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County Financial Director Mark Detter supported the idea conceptually, but advised the commission that a general maintenance check should be performed before the facility is released for anyone else's use.
El Dorado Times Homepage RSS Seth Clements 2008
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