syllogistic
adjective
of or relating to a syllogism.
syllogistically
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a word derived from
syllogistic.
Example Sentences
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Lautner has one flat, dead-level, unprofitable soul that neither soars high nor dives deep; and his mind reasons unobjectionable things out syllogistically, in a manner perfectly inconsequential.
From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 06 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Artists by Elbert Hubbard
A man knows first and then he is able to prove syllogistically.
From An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding, Volume 2 MDCXC, Based on the 2nd Edition, Books 3 and 4 by John Locke
To maintain combustion," commenced Ardan syllogistically and sententiously, "air is necessary.
From All Around the Moon by Edward Roth
He reasons syllogistically about power, pleasure, and pain, without attaching any definite notion to any one of those words.
From Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 2 by Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron Macaulay
What Lord Bacon blames in the schoolmen of his time is this,—that they reasoned syllogistically on words which had not been defined with precision; such as moist, dry, generation, corruption, and so forth.
From Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 2 by Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron Macaulay
