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kinetically

kinetically

1 5.3
In a way that involves movement
  • adverb
  • /kɪˈnɛtɪkli/
: cinéticamente
  • The skateboarder demonstrated his skill by kinetically navigating the ramps at the park.

So now the biggest threat kinetically is armed with money and weaponry.

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Examples

  • In physics class, we learned how energy is transferred kinetically during collisions.

  • We can find out where the key nodes are to either attack kinetically or to attack with program programs, money people.

    Shawn Ryan Show

  • So now the biggest threat kinetically is armed with money and weaponry.

    Shawn Ryan Show

  • Then, like one of those goddamn circus trapeze geniuses, his body, facing the flare platform, kinetically impelled itself forward.

    Fiction book (2001)

  • Recall that the chemical component of image spreading is due to the small but nonetheless kinetically significant quantities of acid catalyst created by diffraction outside the boundaries of the nominal printed line.

    Academic text (2001)

  • The dancer moved kinetically, gracefully shifting her body through the air.

Surface Forms

kinetically positive

Morphology

kinetically = kinetic (transparent) = kinetic + ally

The adverb is a regular derivation from the adjective 'kinetic' with a standard adverbial suffix, so the meaning is directly inferred from the base.

Etymology

The word kinetically comes from the Greek root kinein, which means 'to move', and the same idea appears in the phrase kinetic energy, so to act kinetically is to do something with movement or motion.