tropically

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In a way that is hot and humid like places near the equator

adverb
/ˈtrɑːpɪkli/

: tropicalmente

The beach was tropically warm, making it the perfect spot for a summer vacation.

And on the ground, there was this prongia pon Ponte scented, so like a tropically scented oil.

Examples

The late afternoon was still tropically warm and humid, especially after the air-conditioned cool of their quarters.

Fiction book (2001)
They enjoyed a tropically lush landscape filled with vibrant plants and colorful flowers.
And on the ground, there was this prongia pon Ponte scented, so like a tropically scented oil.

Rich Roll
"We're twins," Lida said as they lay in bed for an hour without touching until hands reached for thighs, which bloomed open tropically, slower than morning glories, finding the place slick and sticky in one case, and in the other, hard and warm, all night.

Fiction book (1998)
In the tropically humid rainforest, the air felt thick and heavy with moisture.

How Tropical

equatorially

1 7.2

tropically

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temperately

1 6.5

Surface Forms

tropically positive

Morphology

tropically = tropical (transparent) = tropic + al + ly

Formed by adding the adverbial suffix '-ly' to the adjective 'tropical', a standard and predictable derivation.

Etymology

The word tropically comes from tropic, which comes from an old Greek word tropos meaning 'turn'. The sun seems to 'turn' at two lines on the Earth called the tropics, so tropically means 'like the warm, humid areas near the equator' and is used for weather or plants from those places.