Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a transcendental manner; from a transcendental point of view; a priori.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In a transcendental manner.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb In a
transcendental manner.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb in a transcendental way or to a transcendental extent
Etymologies
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Examples
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If the mode of this intuition is unknown to us, the object is merely transcendental, and the conception of the understanding is employed only transcendentally, that is, to produce unity in the thought of
The Critique of Pure Reason Immanuel Kant 1764
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When we consider all possible predicates, not merely logically, but transcendentally, that is to say, with reference to the content which may be cogitated as existing in them a priori, we shall find that some indicate a being, others merely a non-being.
The Critique of Pure Reason Immanuel Kant 1764
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What ensues is one of the most visceral, over-the-top, transcendentally ridiculous depictions of street combat ever filmed.
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If you believe the doomsayers, the transcendentally wise Mayans predicted it thousands of years ago, and created their ancient calendar to warn us.
Jason Boyett: Is The 2012 Apocalypse Real? Jason Boyett 2012
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Lanham Act false advertising doctrine forces us to confront this with respect to evidence of actual consumer deception: sometimes no such evidence is needed, if a claim is deemed literally false; sometimes such evidence is absolutely required, if a claim is deemed potentially misleading; and sometimes such evidence is completely rejected, if a claim is deemed puffery or otherwise transcendentally true (as in Mead Johnson).
Archive 2009-06-01 Rebecca Tushnet 2009
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But sometimes you come across something so transcendentally inane it simply begs to be ridiculed.
Woolrich Chic 2009
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If you believe the doomsayers, the transcendentally wise Mayans predicted it thousands of years ago, and created their ancient calendar to warn us.
Jason Boyett: Is The 2012 Apocalypse Real? Jason Boyett 2012
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If you believe the doomsayers, the transcendentally wise Mayans predicted it thousands of years ago, and created their ancient calendar to warn us.
Jason Boyett: Is The 2012 Apocalypse Real? Jason Boyett 2012
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As a hyper-retarded, transcendentally stupid and incoherent bag of pure WTF, it's actually somewhat entertaining as a sort of mutant emissary from somewhere to the left of the Tromaverse.
MIND MELD: The Best Genre-Related Books/Films/Shows Consumed in 2009 (Part 3) 2009
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If you believe the doomsayers, the transcendentally wise Mayans predicted it thousands of years ago, and created their ancient calendar to warn us.
Jason Boyett: Is The 2012 Apocalypse Real? Jason Boyett 2012
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