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Adamic

American  
[uh-dam-ik, ad-uh-mik] / əˈdæm ɪk, ˈæd ə mɪk /
Also Adamical

adjective

  1. pertaining to or suggestive of Adam.


Other Word Forms

  • Adamically adverb
  • post-Adamic adjective

Etymology

Origin of Adamic

First recorded in 1650–60; Adam + -ic

Example Sentences

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National Park Service spokesperson Denise Adamic said the agency looked into whether they could compensate the residents, but “have not found a viable legal authority.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2022

Per has, in effect, been exiled from Eden, for the Adamic sin of stealing apples.

From The New Yorker • Oct. 14, 2019

Apple engineer Steve Salika, 55, and his wife, Diana Adamic, 60, went on the trip with their daughter Tia Salika to celebrate the teen’s 17th birthday.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 6, 2019

Apple engineer Steve Salika and his wife, Diana Adamic, went on the trip with their daughter Tia Salika to celebrate the teen’s 17th birthday.

From Washington Times • Sep. 5, 2019

In other words, I'm replete with the leading trait of Adamic innocence; I want the sartorial concomitants of Adamic guilt.

From Such Is Life by Furphy, Joseph