Usually means: Warding off evil through symbols.
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  1. apotropaically: Merriam-Webster
  2. apotropaically: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. apotropaically: Collins English Dictionary
  4. apotropaically: Wiktionary
  5. apotropaically: Dictionary.com
  6. apotropaically: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ adverb:  In an apotropaic manner.

Similar:
apotheotically, apothegmatically, apagogically, talismanically, aporematically, apocryphally, apophthegmatically, aporetically, apocalyptically, shamanistically, more...

Opposite:
harmfully, destructively

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Similar:
apotheotically, apothegmatically, apagogically, talismanically, aporematically, apocryphally, apophthegmatically, aporetically, apocalyptically, shamanistically, more...

Opposite:
harmfully, destructively



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