futuristically
- adverb
- /fjuːtʃəˈrɪstɪkli/
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futurísticamente
- Do you prefer the current administration's immigration agenda? Since that is what you'll futuristically get if Barry is re-elected in 2012, if your opposition to someone like Barbour negates your voting for him!
Examples
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So, for that matter, is the difference between Bill Gates's futuristically wired 66,000-square-foot mansion overlooking Lake Washington, which is nicknamed Xanadu 2.0 and whose library bears an inscription from The Great Gatsby, and the homes of the poor of Washington State, where unemployment in 2012 was slightly above the national average.
Blog text (23) -
Beneath the window of her long bedroom, she kept a sleek Japanese keyboard, futuristically black and technological.
Fiction book (1999) -
The new smartphone features a design that looks futuristically sleek and functional.
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Many architects are now thinking futuristically, incorporating eco-friendly materials into their designs.
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Futuristically styled cars often include advanced technology that was once only seen in science fiction.
How Futuristic
Surface Forms
Morphology
futuristically = futuristic (transparent) = future + istic + ally
Formed by a regular adjective-to-adverb conversion from 'futuristic' using the productive suffix '-ally', so the meaning 'in a futuristic way' is directly derived.
Etymology
Futuristically comes from future meaning 'time to come' and the endings -istic and -ally that turn it into 'in a ... way'. Think of a building or a car that looks like a picture of tomorrow, because to do something futuristically is to do it in a modern, advanced way that feels like the future.