Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- As a cause; accord ing to the order of causes; by tracing effects to causes.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb According to the order or series of causes; by tracing effects to causes.
- noun (Mining.) The lighter, earthy parts of ore, carried off washing.
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- adverb In a
causal manner.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb in a causal fashion
Etymologies
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Examples
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On the other hand, an understanding (Verstehen) in this subjective sense is not anchored in a non-cognitive empathy or intuitive appreciation that is arational by nature; it can gain objective validity when the meanings and values to be comprehended are explained causally, that is, as a means to an end.
Asthmatic 2009
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When a man is ninety years old and has observed, every week in his life, that in his part of the country there is invariably a rainfall every Tuesday, this observation is richly and often tested, yet nobody will get the notion of causally connecting Tuesday and rain -- but only because such connection would be regarded as generally foolish.
Criminal Psychology: a manual for judges, practitioners, and students 1911
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I have found the more "causally" I appear when correcting behavior the more comfortable my guest and the more likely they are to self-correct their behavior.
The Formal Home 2006
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On the suggested revision, these conditional probabilities should be replaced by some kind of causally conditional probabilities, which might (on some accounts) be expressed by phrases like “the probability that if One were to cooperate, Two would also cooperate.”
Prisoner's Dilemma Kuhn, Steven 2007
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Being '' causally '' independent is an unrelated metaphysical concept.
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"causally" related to these Fed weenies doing it for decades, in direct contrast to classical / Austrian economics and sheer common sense.
Asia Times Online 2009
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They causally rearrange their positions on the bench until at one point they get laughs just by being arranged on the bench in order of height.
Michael Giltz: Theater: Beckett Funnier Than A Comedy About Gay Marriage? Yep! Michael Giltz 2011
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They causally rearrange their positions on the bench until at one point they get laughs just by being arranged on the bench in order of height.
Michael Giltz: Theater: Beckett Funnier Than A Comedy About Gay Marriage? Yep! Michael Giltz 2011
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The responsibility lies with national politicians across Europe and the political systems that allow them to make these commitments so causally and with so much euphemism as substitute for argument. urgs says:
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The aspects of the world that fit an ideology are the facts that its implicit causal theories make easy to spot and causally intercorrelate.
Notes on Critical Review's Converse issue, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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