Exothermically

adv

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Adverb
  1. 1
    In an exothermic manner

    "Aldrichimica Acta Volume 30 No 4 (pdf) from Sigma-Aldrich The fused cyclobutenomaleimide is much more reactive than Smith’s diene; it reacts with cyclopentadiene exothermically at room temperature to yield the extended isomer as the major cycloaddition product."

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"Sodium reacts vigorously and exothermically with water."

Etymology

From exothermic + -ally.

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