modal
adjective
of or relating to mode, manner, or form.
modally
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a word derived from
modal.
Example Sentences
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The score contains some striking passages, but the pace is uneven; the orchestral writing tends to be overblown, and the mix of modally inflected harmony and Vaughan Williams-like themes lacks potency.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 19, 2012
In the first place, it seems to distinguish the mind from its act, not modally, i. e., as a thing from its mode, but numerically, i. e., as one thing from another thing.
From A Theodicy, or, Vindication of the Divine Glory by Albert Taylor Bledsoe
Really, according to Spinoza, extension is indivisible, though modally it is divisible.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" by Various
