Platonic

[ pluh-ton-ik, pley- ]

/ pləˈtɒn ɪk, pleɪ- /

of, relating to, or characteristic of Plato or his doctrines: the Platonic philosophy of ideal forms.

pertaining to, involving, or characterized by Platonic love as a striving toward love of spiritual or ideal beauty.

(usually lowercase) purely spiritual; free from sensual desire, especially in a relationship between two persons of the opposite sex.

(usually lowercase) feeling or professing platonic love: He insisted that he was completely platonic in his admiration.

Origin of Platonic

1525–35; < Latin Platōnicus < Greek Platōnikós, equivalent to Platōn-, stem of Plátōn Plato + -ikos, -ic

Pla·ton·i·cal·ly, adverb an·ti-Pla·ton·ic, adjective an·ti-Pla·ton·i·cal·ly, adverb post-Pla·ton·ic, adjective

Best friends can often describe the moment when they platonically fell in love with each other.

Great Weekend Reads |The Daily Beast |June 5, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
And Augustine was not only part of all this, but in mind and temper was Platonically inclined.

The Mediaeval Mind (Volume I of II) |Henry Osborn Taylor
Tiny invited Don Roberto to open the dance with her, and that platonically enamoured gentleman consented with a grand flourish.

The Californians |Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton
He loved the old painters, but platonically; their works did not lead him astray.

The History of Modern Painting, Volume 1 (of 4) |Richard Muther

Both love Clitandre, but Armande loves him platonically, while Henriette loves him with womanly affection.

Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol 1 |The Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D.
For the rest, they sometimes envy the people its eternal ignorance, platonically of course.

The Non-religion of the Future: A Sociological Study |Jean-Marie Guyau

Platonic

/ (pləˈtɒnɪk) /

of or relating to Plato or his teachings

(often not capital) free from physical desire Platonic love

Platonically, adverb