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🕯️ With special mood 🌫️ By air conditions
atmospherically

atmospherically

1 6.2
In a way that creates a strong mood or feeling
  • adverb
  • /ˌætməsˈfɪrɪkli/
  • Specialized
: atmosféricamente
  • As a pioneer of atmospherically driven film, we'd like to think Stan would’ve

Examples

  • The festival was atmospherically enchanting, filled with lights and music that created a magical vibe.

  • A photograph exists that reveals a composition atmospherically lit from below in dramatic chiaroscuro (Fig. 14), 56

    Academic text (2012)

  • The small cafe felt atmospherically cozy, with soft lighting and gentle music playing in the background.

  • The film's setting was atmospherically rich, immersing the viewers in a haunting yet beautiful world.

Synonyms

emotionally
vsatmospherically
369 2.7

In a way that shows strong feelings

creates a subtle or general mood rather than a direct personal reaction
affectively
vsatmospherically
1 7.0

In a way that relates to feelings

creates an external mood or ambient feeling rather than personal emotion

Surface Forms

atmospherically positive

Morphology

atmospherically = atmospheric (transparent) = atmosphere + ic + ally

Formed by adding the regular adverbial suffix '-ally' to 'atmospheric'; the figurative 'mood' sense is a common meaning of 'atmosphere' and so is predictable.

Etymology

Atmospherically comes from atmosphere, and you can think of an 'atmosphere' as the air in a place that gives a feeling; atmosphere comes from Greek atmos 'vapour' and sphaira 'sphere'. That's why atmospherically can mean 'in a way that creates a particular mood or feeling'.