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atmospherically

adv

Etymology

From atmospheric + -ally.

  1. derived from ἀτμός — “steam”
  2. derived from atmosphaera
  3. borrowed from atmosphère
  4. formed as atmospheric — “atmosphere + -ic”
  5. suffixed as atmospherically — “atmospheric + ally”

Definitions

  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. 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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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA