— Platonically , adv.
/pleuh ton"ik, play-/ , adj.
1. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Plato or his doctrines: the Platonic philosophy of ideal forms.
2. pertaining to, involving, or characterized by Platonic love as a striving toward love of spiritual or ideal beauty.
3. ( usually l.c. ) purely spiritual; free from sensual desire, esp. in a relationship between two persons of the opposite sex.
4. ( usually l.c. ) feeling or professing platonic love: He insisted that he was completely platonic in his admiration.
[ 1525-35; Platonicus Platonikós, equiv. to Platon-, s. of Pláton PLATO + - ikos, -IC ]