— Germanically , adv.
/jeuhr man"ik/ , adj.
1. of or pertaining to the Teutons or their languages.
2. German.
3. of, pertaining to, or noting the Germanic branch of languages.
n.
4. a branch of the Indo-European family of languages including German, Dutch, English, the Scandinavian languages, Afrikaans, Flemish, Frisian, and the extinct Gothic language.
5. Proto-Germanic (def. 1).
6. an ancient Indo-European language, the immediate linguistic ancestor of the Germanic languages.
Abbr.: Gmc.
[ 1625-35; Germanicus. See GERMAN, -IC ]