Relating to or characteristic of being or existence; essential or fundamental in nature.
From 'being' + '-ly' suffix forming adjectives. An archaic or rare formation used in philosophical contexts to describe things pertaining to existence itself.
This is such a rare word that even specialists rarely use it—it exists mostly in historical philosophical texts, suggesting that English speakers found other ways to express 'essential' or 'existential' as those terms evolved.
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