judgmatically

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From judgmatical +‎ -ly.

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judgmatically (comparative more judgmatically, superlative most judgmatically)

  1. (colloquial, chiefly US) In a judgmatical way; like a judge, judiciously, with good judgment.
    • 1851 November 14, Herman Melville, chapter 1, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC:
      I never fancied broiling fowls;--though once broiled, judiciously buttered, and judgmatically salted and peppered, there is no one who will speak more respectfully, not to say reverentially, of a broiled fowl than I will.