adv. [f. as prec. + -LY2.] In an extrinsic manner; † on the exterior; † in outward behavior; with respect to outward qualities or external relations; so as to be outside or distinct from the object under consideration; from an external source, by external influence; unessentially, adventitiously.
1584. R. Scot, Discov. Witchcr., IV. iv. 77. They [witches] hurt extrinsecallie, with images, hearbs, &c.
1613. J. Salkeld, Treat. Angels, 39. An Angell is said to assume a body, because hee is onely extrinsecally vnited vnto it.
1647. H. More, Song of Soul, I. Pref. He will extrinsecally shape … his actions according to that outward Rule.
1656. B. Harris, Parival’s Iron Age, 152. The Princes … lamented him extrinsecally; but were … glad enough, to be rid of such a Conquerour.
1668. Culpepper & Cole, Barthol. Anat., I. xi. 26/2. According to the Longitude of the Colon, there are extrinsecally observed certain fat Appendices.
1675. M. Clifford, Hum. Reason, in Phenix (1708), II. 545. A Vision or Revelation extrinsecally coming into their Souls.
1855. H. Spencer, Princ. Psychol. (1872), II. VII. iii. 320. Time … is extrinsically connoted.
1858. Gladstone, Homer, II. ii. 167. The idea of spiritual danger to man through guile tempting him extrinsically but inwardly, entirely disappears.
