artificially
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4.4
- adverb
- /ˌɑːrtɪˈfɪʃəli/
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artificialmente
- The lake was artificially created to provide recreational activities for the community.
- artificially inflate
- artificially low prices
- artificially low
Their voices were were actually artificially put on blast.
- Their voices were were actually artificially put on blast.
- So people need to artificially create that demand in their lives.
- And it's really hard to artificially train that into somebody.
- If that isn't sensible, then neither is it sensible to artificially restrict the import of steel.
- Which makes this stretch of water, I think the most artificially dangerous water in the world.
- And now the DOJ claims these landlords use Realpage's algorithm to artificially inflate rents across the country.
- And if you don't really think that through, you can try and artificially put that Band-Aid.
- They may even start attempting to be that artificially cheerful and sunny person all the time.
- And then the other thing then they, what they did is they, they tried to artificially turn them on.
- Dresden himself was created really, really artificially.
- They set the nuclear bomb off and created a detectable radiation belt artificially.
- If a patient is taking Propecia finasteride, that is going to artificially reduce that PSA value, correct?
- There is acid added artificially to balance all that sweetness and that sugar.
- This convention made spreads artificially wide, handing outside spreads to market makers and specialists.
- Like, I'm not filling in the blanks artificially, so maybe my experience was something far away.
- I mean, you have to understand that the Fed causes the problem by keeping interest rates artificially low.
Examples
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The drugs work by artificially boosting brain levels of serotonin, one of the mood neurotransmitters.
Academic text (2011) -
So it sounds like they've artificially inflated the price of the stock.
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So people need to artificially create that demand in their lives.
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And it's really hard to artificially train that into somebody.
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And so the dollar has an artificially high value based on that status.
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And so we're going to artificially narrow the choice to one gender.
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I do think we, we artificially, the Federal Reserve artificially lowered interest rates far too long.
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This whole scene is cast in this clash of sounds and sights, artificially created for effect.
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I'm sure we can prolong his life artificially but would he want that?
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Apparently, profitable firms may have benefited from monopoly markets, artificially low input prices, or heavy government subsidies.
Academic text (1991)
Synonyms
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4.7
In a way that seems strange or not natural
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6.3
Made by people in a lab or factory instead of in nature
Antonyms
How Artificial
Surface Forms
Morphology
artificially = artificial (transparent) = artificial + ly
Formed by adding the productive adverbial suffix '-ly' to the adjective 'artificial', so the meaning 'in an artificial manner' is directly predictable.
Etymology
Artificially comes from parts that mean 'made by skill' rather than by nature: art meaning 'skill' and -fic from a root meaning 'to make', as in factory. So something done artificially is made by people or machines and is 'not natural'.