esthetically, æsthetically (esthetikali)

According to the principles of esthetics; with reference to the sense of the beautiful. Bowles, in losing his temper, lost also what little logic he had, and though, in a vague way, æsthetically right, contrived always to be argumentatively wrong. Lowell, Study Windows, p. 430. In the evening.. I again repaired to the "Navel of the World"; this time as thetically to enjoy the delights of the hour after the "gaudy, babbling, and remorseful day." R. F. Burton , El-Medinah, p. 396. esthetician, æsthetician (es-the-tish'an), n. [ esthetic , æsthetic , + -ian.] One skilled or engaged in the study of esthetics; a profe or of esthetics.