"existentially" meaning in English

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Adverb

Forms: more existentially [comparative], most existentially [superlative]
Etymology: Etymology tree English existential Middle English -ly English -ly English existentially From existential + -ly. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|existential|-ly<id:adverbial>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English existential Middle English -ly English -ly English existentially [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-ly", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "existentially", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="existentially"> From existential + -ly., {{ety|en|:af|existential|-ly<id:adverbial>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European *stísteh₂ti Proto-Italic *sistō Latin sistō Latin exsistō Latin exsistēns Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin exsistentia Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Late Latin exsistentiālislbor. English existential Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English existentially From existential + -ly. Head templates: {{en-adv}} existentially (comparative more existentially, superlative most existentially)
  1. In an existential manner.
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