exegetic
adjective
of or relating to exegesis; expository
exegetically
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a word derived from
exegetic.
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a word derived from
exegetical.
Example Sentences
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Mr. Bottum’s use of a reference in a parable to prove a specific doctrine is also exegetically wooden, failing to acknowledge the nature of that genre.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2025
“People leave abruptly without any conversation, without gathering to delve into the issue: theologically, spiritually, exegetically and socially. We’re not having the conversation,” Dease said.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 22, 2022
And, if exegetically handled, it must mean that Walker, junr., is to continue spinning and spelling, as also once a week reading the Town and Country Magazine, all the days of his life.
From The Posthumous Works of Thomas De Quincey, Vol. 2 by Alexander H. (Alexander Hay) Japp
The window-panes of Court-Councilor Schütz were exegetically illuminated.
From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 06 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes by Kuno Francke
