adv. [f. prec. + -LY2.] By temperament; constitutionally.
1846. Fraser’s Mag., XXXIII. May, 599/1. Dr. Arnold was, in fact, temperamentally an absolutist, and neither the accidents of his education nor his position contributed to abate the ruling infirmity of his mind.
1861. [Mrs. A. J. Penny], Romance Dull Life, xxviii. 204. They were both temperamentally incapacitated for catching a prevalent emotion.
1908. Times, Lit. Supp., 17 Dec., 479/1. Persons who are temperamentally faddists.
