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Chessic vs Chessically - What's the difference?

chessic | chessically |

In rare|lang=en terms the difference between chessic and chessically

is that chessic is (rare) pertaining to chess while chessically is (rare) in a chessic way; pertaining to chess.

As an adjective chessic

is (rare) pertaining to chess.

As an adverb chessically is

(rare) in a chessic way; pertaining to chess.

chessic

English

Adjective

(-)
  • (rare) Pertaining to chess.
  • * 18?? , Charles Dibdin, The Chessiad
    • The chessic tribes, peculiar in their gait, / Vary their modes of motion; some march straight, / Direct and forward, some oblique...
  • * 1964 , Chess Review
    • As we've already announced, your opponent is in the last stages of chessic caries.
  • * 1972 , Readings in Psychology Today
    • To diagnose your opponent's weaknesses — an over-adventurous style, a dislike for assuming the defensive, overconfidence in certain types of positions, impatience in the endgame, rigidity in choice of openings — requires a psychological as well as chessic analysis.

    Synonyms

    * scacchic

    chessically

    English

    Adverb

    (-)
  • (rare) In a chessic way; pertaining to chess.
  • * 1894 , George Alcock MacDonnell, The Knights and Kings of Chess
    • Chessically these two champions are very much alike in style. In profundity, caution-cum-boldness, power of absorption in the game...
  • * 1992 , Bruce Pandolfini, Pandolfini's Chess Complete
    • In fact, before the age of six, talented girls and boys are chessically indistinguishable. But something happens at six...
  • * 2007 , Josh Waitzkin, The Art of Learning: A Journey in the Pursuit of Excellence
    • He was a lovely man — literary, compassionate, funny — as human beings we connected but chessically we didn't gel.