adv. nonce-wd. [as if f. an adj. Copernical (= next) + -LY2.] According to the Copernican view of the solar system.
1867. De Morgan, in Athenæum, 12 Jan., 52. How can one explain Copernically that the velocity of the Moon must be added to the velocity of the Earth … to learn how far the Moon has advanced from one fixed star to another?
