platonically

Variant of Platonic

adjective

  1. of or characteristic of Plato or his philosophy
  2. idealistic, visionary, or impractical
  3. designating or of a relationship, or love, between a man and a woman that is purely spiritual or intellectual and without sexual activity

Origin: L Platonicus < Gr Platōnikos

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