Chemically
//ˈkɛm.ɪ.kli// adj, adv, slang
adj, adv, slang ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Reminiscent of chemicals. colloquial
"It starts out as kind of a chemically taste, sharp and irritating, but then there's another taste underneath, like some kind of plant, maybe . . . flowers?"
Adverb
- 1 Using a chemical reaction, process, or operation.
- 2 According to the principles of chemistry.
"This letter, inscribed in a feminine, but irregular hand, and in some places almost illegible, plainly attesting the state of the mind which had dictated it;—stained, too, here and there, with spots of tears, which chemically acted upon by the ink, assumed a strange and reddish hue […]"
Adverb
- 1 with respect to chemistry wordnet
- 2 with chemicals wordnet
Example
More examples"Coal is chemically allied to diamonds."
Etymology
Etymology 1
From chemical + -ly.
Etymology 2
From chemical + -y.
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