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spir·i·tu·al

(spĭr′ĭ-cho͞o-əl)
adj.
1. Of, relating to, consisting of, or having the nature of spirit; not material; supernatural: spiritual power.
2. Of, concerned with, or affecting the soul: spiritual guidance; spiritual growth.
3. Not concerned with material or worldly things: led a spiritual life.
4. Of or belonging to a religion; sacred: spiritual practices; spiritual music.
n.
1.
a. A religious folk song of African-American origin.
b. A work composed in imitation of such a song.
2. often spirituals Religious, spiritual, or ecclesiastical matters.

[Middle English, from Old French spirituel, from Latin spīrituālis, of breathing, spiritual, from spīritus, breath; see spirit.]

spir′i·tu·al·ly adv.
spir′i·tu·al·ness n.
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Adv. 1. spiritually - in a spiritual manner; "the ninth century was the spiritually freest period"
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Translations
روحِيّا، روحانِيّا
duchovně
lelkileg
andlega
duchovne
manen ruhen

spiritually

[ˈspɪrɪtjʊəlɪ] ADVespiritualmente
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spiritually

[ˈspɪrɪtʃuəli] advspirituellement
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spiritually

advgeistig ; spiritually, he is ...in geistiger Hinsicht ist er ...
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spiritually

[ˈspɪrɪtjʊəlɪ] advspiritualmente
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spirit

(ˈspirit) noun
1. a principle or emotion which makes someone act. The spirit of kindness seems to be lacking in the world nowadays. emosie روح، مَبْدأ дух espírito duch der Geist ånd πνεύμα, αίσθηση espíritu vaim, meelsus روحيه henki esprit נפש भावना duh szellem semangat hugarfar spirito 精神 마음 dvasia gars semangat geest ånd, kraft uczucie, nastawienie خوټيدل، دارى espírito spirit дух; настроение duch duh duh anda, stämning, sinnelag น้ําใจ ruh 精神,道義,感情 дух رائج ذہنی یا اخلاقی رویہ tinh thần, linh hồn 精神,道义,感情
2. a person's mind, will, personality etc thought of as distinct from the body, or as remaining alive eg as a ghost when the body dies. Our great leader may be dead, but his spirit still lives on; (also adjective) the spirit world; Evil spirits have taken possession of him. gees روح الإنْسان، شَبَح дух espírito duch(ovní) der Geist sjæl; ånd; åndelig πνεύμα espíritu hing, vaim ذهن henki esprit; des esprits נפש आत्मा duh, duša lélek, szellem roh andi spirito; degli spiriti 정신, 영혼 dvasia gars jiwa geest ånd, sjel dusza, duch ذهن espírito spirit; duh душа, дух duch; duchovný duh duh ande จิตใจ ruh 精神,靈魂 душа انسان کا غیر مادّی ناطق، ذی شعور وجود، روح linh hồn, hồn ma 精神,灵魂
3. liveliness; courage. He acted with spirit. geestigheid شَجاعَه душа coragem odvaha der Elan liv og sjæl σφρίγος, θάρρος valor innukus, julgus شادي؛ سر زندگي rohkeus, eloisuus courage אומץ जोश hrabrost, srčanost élénkség semangat fjör, kraftur coraggio, 元気 원기, 용기 narsumas, entuziazmas entuziasms; drosme semangat levenskracht mot, kraft, liv zapał شادی coragem cu­raj воодушевление odvaha elan duša kraft, liv, energi ความมุ่งมั่น canlılık, şevk, moral 氣魄 натхнення; хоробрість حوصلہ، ہمت lòng can đảm, tính hăng hái 气魄
ˈspirited adjective
full of courage or liveliness. a spirited attack/description. geestig شُجاع، حَيَوي енергичен vivo odvážný; živý temperamentvoll veloplagt θαρραλέος, ζωηρός animado, enérgico, vigoroso julge, elav rohkea, eloisa fougueux; plein de verve נִמרַץ सजीव, उत्साही, साहसी, तेजस्वी živahan, odvažan élénk penuh semangat kraftmikill, fjörlegur coraggioso; vivace 元気のある 용기 있는, 힘찬 narsus, drąsus enerģisks; drošs; dzīvs bersemangat levendig modig, energisk, spirituell porywający زړه ور vivo energic; cura­jos; plin de vervă воодушевлённый;живой odvážny; živý duhovit nadahnut livlig, kraftfull, modig ซึ่งมุ่งมั่น canlı, ateşli 有精神的,生氣勃勃的 натхненний; хоробрий حوصلہ اور ہمت سے بھرپور đầy khí thế, hăng say 有精神的,生气勃勃的
ˈspiritedly adverb
geestig بِشَجاعَه оживено corajosamente čile temperamentvoll veloplagt θαρραλέα con vigor elavalt rohkeasti, eloisasti avec verve בְּאוֹמֵץ साहस से, सजीवता से živahno, odvažno élénken dengan penuh semangat af krafti coraggiosamente 元気に 용기 있게, 힘차게 narsiai, su įkarščiu enerģiski; droši; dzīvi dengan penuh semangat levendig modig, energisk z zapałem زړه ور corajosamente cu vervă воодушевленно; живо čulo živahno nadahnuto livligt, kraftfullt, modigt อย่างมีชีวิตชีวา; อย่างกล้าหาญ şevkle, coşkuyla 精神飽滿地 натхненно; хоробро بلند حوصلے سے đầy khí thế, hăng say 精神饱满地
ˈspirits noun plural
1. a person's mood. He's in good/high/low spirits (= He's happy / very cheerful / depressed); This news may raise his spirits. emosie, bui مَعْنَوِيّات، روح مَعْنَوِيَّه настроение estado de espírito nálada die Stimmung humør διάθεση humor meeleolu mieliala humeur; moral מַצַב רוּחַ मनोदशा raspoloženje kedv semangat hugarástand umore, morale 気分 기분 nuotaika garastāvoklis; oma angin stemming humør nastrój د يو سړى رويه estado de espírito dispoziţie; morală настроение, душевное состояние nálada razpoloženje raspoloženje humör อารมณ์ ruhsal durum 情緒 настрій, душевний стан مزاج cảm xúc 情绪
2. strong alcoholic drink, eg whisky, gin, vodka etc. spiritualieë مَشْروبات روحِيَّه алкохол bebida alcoólica lihovina die Spirituosen(pl.) spiritus οινοπνευματώδες ποτό licor kange alkohoolne jook väkevät juomat spiritueux מַשקֶה חָרִיף शराब žestoka pića szesz(es ital) minuman keras brenndur drykkur alcolico 주정 stiprus alkoholinis gėrimas stiprs alkoholisks dzēriens minuman keras sterke drank sprit, brennevin alkohol wysokoprocentowy قوى الكولى څښاك bebida alcoólica spirtos спиртной напиток liehovina žganje špiritus sprit แอลกอฮอล์; เหล้า alkollü içkiler 烈酒 алкоголь, спиртний напій تیز کشید کردہ شراب rượu mạnh, cồn 烈酒
ˈspiritual (-tʃul) adjective
of one's spirit or soul, or of one's religious beliefs. geestelik روحِي ، روحاني духовен espiritual duchovní geistig spirituel; åndelig πνευματικός espiritual hingeline, vaimulik hengellinen spirituel רוחני अध्यात्मिक‍ duševni, duhovni lelki rohani andlegur; trúarlegur spirituale 精神的な 영적인 dvasinis garīgs; reliģisks rohaniah; batiniah geestelijk åndelig, ånds-, sjele- duchowy روحاني، مذهبي espiritual spiritual духовный; церковный duchovný duhoven duhovni andlig, själslig, religiös ซึ่งเกี่ยวกับจิตใจ; ซึ่งเกี่ยวกับศาสนา ruhsal, manevî 精神上的,心靈的,宗教的 духовний; релігійний روحانی thuộc tâm, linh hồn con người, thuộc giáo hội 精神上的,心灵的,宗教的
ˈspiritually adverb
geestelik روحِيّا، روحانِيّا духовно espiritualmente duchovně geistig spirituelt; åndeligt πνευματικά espiritualmente hingeliselt, vaimulikult hengellisesti spirituellement בְּרוחָנִיוּת अध्यात्मिकतापूर्वक duhovno lelkileg secara spiritual andlega spiritualmente 精神的に 영적으로 dvasiškai garīgi dari segi rohaniah geestelijk åndelig duchowo روحاني، مذهبي espiritualmente spiriual; cu spirit духовно duchovne duhovno duhovno andligt, själsligt, religiöst โดยที่เกี่ยวกับจิตใจ ruhen, manen 精神地 духовно; релігійно روحانی طور پر thuộc linh hồn con người, thuộc giáo hội 精神地
spirit level
a tool consisting of a bar containing a glass tube of liquid, for testing whether a surface is level. waterpas مِقياس إسْتِواء السَّطح терзия nível vodováha die Nivellierwaage vaterpas αλφάδι nível de aire vaaderpass تراز vesivaaka niveau à bulle פלס तलमापी, साधनी libela, razulja alkoholos vízszintező waterpas hallamælir livella アルコール水準器 수준기(水準器) gulsčiukas līmeņrādis timbang air waterpas vater poziomica دراز nível de bolha boloboc ватерпас vodováha vodna tehtnica libela vattenpass เครื่องปรับระดับผิวหน้าให้ตรง kabarcıklı düzeç, tesviye ruhu 酒精水準儀 спиртовий рівень افقی سطح کی ہمواری جانچنے کا آلہ ống ni vô 水平仪,酒精水准仪
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There are the spiritually consumptive ones: hardly are they born when they begin to die, and long for doctrines of lassitude and renunciation.
"Milk and honey" would have been an appropriate inscription for the delicious little library which parents who, I surmised, doted on Nicolete in vain, had allowed her to build in a wild woodland corner of her ancestral park, half a mile away from the great house, where, for all its corridors and galleries, she could never feel, at all events, spiritually alone.
And I am also very much afraid for him spiritually. He has not a character like us women who, when we suffer, can weep away our sorrows.
But he had a vague consciousness of one thing, though it was not clear to him till later; that his original Tess had spiritually ceased to recognize the body before him as hers--allowing it to drift, like a corpse upon the current, in a direction dissociated from its living will.
or was she spiritually conscious of something hidden in the room?
The unlikeliest materials -- a stick, a bunch of rags, a flower -- were the puppets of Pearl's witchcraft, and, without undergoing any outward change, became spiritually adapted to whatever drama occupied the stage of her inner world.
Hilbery, in virtue of her position as the only child of the poet, was spiritually the head of the family, and Katharine, her daughter, had some superior rank among all the cousins and connections, the more so because she was an only child.
Casaubon had an intense consciousness within him, and was spiritually a-hungered like the rest of us.
Again I felt those strangely mingled sensations of rapture and awe, which had once before filled me when I was conscious, spiritually, of her touch.
Nor is their ground-landlord spiritually the richer.
Spiritually, he was in the position of a man who has been hit simultaneously in a number of sensitive spots by a variety of hard and hurtful things.
The lake, as I have hinted, was to a considerable depth exceedingly transparent; and as human infants while suckling will calmly and fixedly gaze away from the breast, as if leading two different lives at the time; and while yet drawing mortal nourishment, be still spiritually feasting upon some unearthly reminiscence; --even so did the young of these whales seem looking up towards us, but not at us, as if we were but a bit of Gulf-weed in their new-born sight.

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