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Reply Fri 3 Mar, 2017 08:57 am
Hi everyone,

Anyone knows the meaning of the word "spacily"?
I found severla times in books or articles but it doesn't seem to exist in any vocabulary?

Thanks a lot
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maxdancona
 
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Reply Fri 3 Mar, 2017 09:25 am
@alesband,
I would guess it is an adverbial form of the word "spacey". But the internet doesn't seem to have any reference to it.
centrox
 
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Reply Fri 3 Mar, 2017 10:50 am
It is not a dictionary word, and is likely to be some kind of slang. Please provide context.
dalehileman
 
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Reply Fri 3 Mar, 2017 12:55 pm
@centrox,
Yea Cen, context, context, I keep sayin'
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ossobucotemp
 
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Reply Fri 3 Mar, 2017 01:24 pm
@alesband,
The word is spa·tial·ly


spāSHəlē/
adverb
adverb: spatially; adverb: spacially

in a way that relates to space and the position, area, and size of things within it.
"the species composition varies spatially across the reserve"


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centrox
 
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Reply Fri 3 Mar, 2017 02:52 pm
@maxdancona,
maxdancona wrote:
I would guess it is an adverbial form of the word "spacey". But the internet doesn't seem to have any reference to it.

I guess it was the way certain kinds of girls behaved, back in the day, the kind we called 'space cadets'. When I was a hippie I think I had quite a sexist set of attitudes, because a girl could be a space cadet and that was OK, fun, even, but if a guy had the same trait he was said to be 'out to lunch'.
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Blickers
 
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Reply Fri 3 Mar, 2017 03:50 pm
It could be a reference to "spatially", as ossobuco said.

If it is the adverb form of spacey, it should be noted that "spacey" came into widespread use in the late sixties when marijuana and hallucinogenic drugs were becoming common. It basically meant the way a person who taken in marijuana or something stronger and whose deductive powers were limited until the drug wore off would act. It also referred to those people whose normal, non-drug-affected deductive powers were only up to the level of a normal person on drugs.
ossobucotemp
 
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Reply Fri 3 Mar, 2017 04:03 pm
@Blickers,
I was the local landscape architect.

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centrox
 
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Reply Fri 3 Mar, 2017 05:26 pm
@Blickers,
Blickers wrote:
If it is the adverb form of spacey, it should be noted that "spacey" came into widespread use in the late sixties when marijuana and hallucinogenic drugs were becoming common. It basically meant the way a person who taken in marijuana or something stronger and whose deductive powers were limited until the drug wore off would act. It also referred to those people whose normal, non-drug-affected deductive powers were only up to the level of a normal person on drugs.

Now, I was around at that time (question: were you?) , and I remember it completely differently. Spacey was... well, like you were in space. Far away. Distant. From here. From now. Stars. Galaxies. Spacey, right? There was a movie, called 2001: A Space Odyssey. The thing to do was to see it while you were tripping. I did this about 6 times altogether and got something different from it each time (I can't remember what, exactly, but that's not the point). Also, considering the different kind of buzz you got from different kinds of hash... black resin from India or Afghanistan gave you a heavy buzz... sleepy, could hardly move... deep, whereas some Moroccan or Lebanese (or certain kinds of grass from Egypt or Turkey) gave a light, "spacey" buzz... good if you wanted an artistic or creative vibe. (I am dredging up memories from 45-50 years ago, but it's all very clear).
Blickers
 
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Reply Fri 3 Mar, 2017 10:42 pm
@centrox,
Quote centrox:
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Now, I was around at that time (question: were you?) , and I remember it completely differently. Spacey was... well, like you were in space. Far away. Distant. From here. From now. Stars. Galaxies. Spacey, right?

Yes, I was around then. The whole idea going around at that time was that society brought you "down", (non-spiritual, socially aggressive, etc), and therefore it was a good idea to take something to lift you above all that. To look around and really notice things, colors, etc. The whole idea was to disconnect yourself mentally from the mundane world and focus on the things around you in a more humane, artistic way. Not the time to be doing anything mathematical, dealing with payments or schedules.

As time went on and soft drug use expanded, there began to be more and more people around who were high so often that there was no time at all that they were able to do anything mathematical, deal with payments or schedules. In fact, the suspicion was that they might not have been able to do any of those things even before they started getting high. These people were referred to, and sometimes nicknamed, Spacey.
ossobucotemp
 
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Reply Fri 3 Mar, 2017 11:30 pm
@Blickers,
However, many designers earned livings advising customers about their space.
That still happens.

I'm old now, but I know a lot of good spaces.

Is it time for me to go on - no.
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