physically
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2.9
- adverb
- /ˈfɪzɪkli/
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físicamente
- It is physically impossible for a human to fly without assistance.
- physically impossible
- physically possible
- physically connected
Again, I think that's mathematically fine, but physically there are a few problems.
- Again, I think that's mathematically fine, but physically there are a few problems.
- He doesn't care if it doesn't, you know, if it's not physically possible.
- To me, that just seems, it seems physically impossible to climb that route.
- We're speaking to a guest who starts to change our understanding of what's physically possible.
- But even though they're all called waves, all of those things are very different physically.
- That's the idea, physically of entropy.
Examples
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What did you really see, because what you're describing is not physically possible?
Fiction book (1997) -
Increasingly, conferences are offering ways for participants to engage without physically traveling.
Academic text (2012) -
- You physically cannot do that.
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It's physically impossible, but now I understand it.
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We're speaking to a guest who starts to change our understanding of what's physically possible.
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It had never been done before because it was physically impossible!
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Well, that's not physically possible for me to do!
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They are right on the edge of what is physically possible for these galaxies.
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I just don't see how that's physically possible.
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It's physically impossible.
Compounds
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4.1
A person who has a physical condition that limits movement or daily activities
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Physically comes from the Greek root physis meaning 'nature', the same root as physics, the study of the natural world. So saying something is physically impossible means it breaks the rules of nature and cannot happen in the real, material world.