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constitution | constitutionally |

As a noun constitution

is the act, or process of setting something up, or establishing something; the composition or structure of such a thing; its makeup.

As an adverb constitutionally is

pertaining to one's bodily constitution; physically, physiologically.

constitution

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act, or process of setting something up, or establishing something; the composition or structure of such a thing; its makeup.
  • * Sir J. Herschel
  • the physical constitution of the sun
  • The formal or informal system of primary principles and laws that regulates a government or other institutions.
  • * Macaulay
  • Our constitution had begun to exist in times when statesmen were not much accustomed to frame exact definitions.
  • A legal document describing such a formal system.
  • The general health of a person.
  • A person's physique or temperament.
  • * Story
  • Our constitutions have never been enfeebled by the vices or luxuries of the old world.
  • * Clarendon
  • He defended himself with less passion than was expected from his constitution .

    Derived terms

    * constitutional * metaconstitution

    constitutionally

    English

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • Pertaining to one's bodily constitution; physically, physiologically.
  • *2009 , (Karen Armstrong), The Case for God , Vintage 2010, p. 246:
  • *:The astonishing progress of science had made God quite irrelevant; it had caused human beings to focus so intently on the physical world that they would soon be constitutionally unable to take God seriously.
  • In accordance with a political constitution.