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chemically

chemically

36 4.0
In a way that makes substances react or change
  • adverb
  • /ˈkɛmɪkli/
translation icon : químicamente
  • Sometimes it doesn't burn, but the point is the wood is being chemically changed.
  • chemically treated
  • react chemically
  • chemically induced

So emotions are something that is chemically, biologically, physically happening.

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Examples

  • And here's the reason why the food has been chemically altered to shut off that mechanism.

  • A waitress brought them two cups of hot chocolate topped with swirls of chemically created fluff.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • So this is a chemically important shape as well.

  • Anything that can be done chemically can be done in other ways"...

  • Just like regular old brown smells sweet and chemically all at the same time.

  • The carbon dioxide is stored chemically and then used during the daytime.

    Academic text (1991)
  • Have you ever had so many sour Skittles that it, like, chemically burns your tongue?

  • Water lilies flourish in clusters and chemically communicate with one another within their community.

    Academic text (2017)
  • One such dye was Shields Green, which was chemically copper arsenite.

  • The food was chemically altered to enhance its flavor and shelf life.

How Biological

biogenetically
  • Specialized
8.6
biologically
41 3.8
chemically
36 4.0
abiotically
  • Specialized
8.6

Surface Forms

chemically positive

Morphology

chemically = chemical (transparent) = chem + ical + ly

Formed by adding the productive adverbial suffix '-ly' to the adjective 'chemical', so the meaning 'in a chemical way' is directly derived.

Etymology

The word chemically comes from chemistry, which is linked to alchemy, the old art of trying to 'change' materials into other things. So, to do something chemically is to make that change using chemicals and their reactions.