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He did not know why, nor did he know what "cabalistically" meant.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, February 21, 1891 by Various

A scholar who has justly observed this, somewhat cabalistically has discovered that “the initial word of Genesis in Chaldee,” and printed in Hebraic characters בהדסין, exhibits the presumed name of the Saxon monk.

From Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature by Disraeli, Isaac

The dark walls did look most awful, seen through the dun yellow light of the fog, which met my view upon drawing aside the cabalistically hung curtains.

From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 529, January 14, 1832 by Various

There was nothing visible that savored of astrology or magic, unless some tin candlesticks with battered rims could be cabalistically construed.

From The Witches of New York by Doesticks, Q. K. Philander

To learn to put down rows of figures and find that one and one, cabalistically, made two, and two and two, four!

From Tramping on Life An Autobiographical Narrative by Kemp, Harry