Atmospherically

adv

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Adverb
  1. 1
    In an atmospheric manner.

    "[…] a picture like The Texas Chain Saw Massacre is a horror film, for it deliberately, atmospherically and painfully puts horrors on show, even if they are credible horrors performed by humans."

  2. 2
    With regard to the atmosphere.

    "In the years following World War Two, Americans cut down vast forests, built thousands of factories, assembled millions of atmospherically toxic automobiles, and filthied the water throughout North America."

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"[…] a picture like The Texas Chain Saw Massacre is a horror film, for it deliberately, atmospherically and painfully puts horrors on show, even if they are credible horrors performed by humans."

Etymology

From atmospheric + -ally.

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