Methodistical, a.
(mɛθəˈdɪstɪkəl)
[Formed as prec.: see -ical.]
Of or pertaining to the Methodists or Methodism; resembling a Methodist; usually with disparaging implication.
| 1749 Fielding Tom Jones viii. viii, She is at present..free from any methodistical notions. 1820 Southey Wesley II. 462 Meeting a man there one day, he asked him, in a methodistical manner, if he knew Jesus Christ. 1889 D. Hannay Capt. Marryat 38 What was called in the navy a ‘blue light’, that is a pious man of a somewhat Methodistical turn. |
Hence Methoˈdistically adv., in accordance with the principles of Methodism or the practice of Methodists.
| 1787 A. Seward Lett. (1811) I. 301 And so Mr. — talks methodistically. 1820 Polwhele in Lavington's Enthus. Meth. & Papists Introd. 26 We..term those Methodists who (whether Clergymen or Laymen) are Methodistically religious. 1884 American VIII. 84 The whole course of the Christian life, as conceived Methodistically, seems to us to labor under this defect. |