esoteric
adjective
understood by or meant for only the select few who have special knowledge or interest; recondite.
esoterically
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a word derived from
esoteric.
Example Sentences
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Nevertheless, it is difficult to imagine the composer, as Trinder puts it, “wandering in nature and silence and not thinking esoterically and creatively”.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 19, 2020
“She never looked at things esoterically or theoretically. It was practical and real,” said Democratic strategist Stephanie Cutter, who advised her at key moments.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 12, 2016
And they had to be able to do it in a communicative way, not esoterically.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2015
Less esoterically, military training for centuries has been based on the need to change the “self” of individual recruits into integrated units that will follow orders even when there’s high risk of death.
From Slate ● Feb. 28, 2014
There is possible, however, a rough-and-ready distinction between those stories of his which are esoterically mystical and those which, while concerned with the supernatural, are concerned with it in the way familiar in old romance.
From Irish Plays and Playwrights by Cornelius Weygandt
