geophysically
- adverb
- /ˌdʒiːoʊˈfɪzɪkli/
- Specialized
- Geophysically, the conditions of the ocean floor can influence underwater ecosystems and marine life.
Examples
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So far, we've mapped only the west end of Aphrodite, but we know already that, geophysically and geologically, it isn't one unit.
Academic text (1991) -
Oh, it's if geophysically it were possible, how would that, how would that change our, our, our lives and culture?
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And those are especially valuable, right, geophysically, because you know exactly where the test occurred, right?
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Natural disasters, chronic natural hazards, and climate change are geophysically interacting phenomena, as are social, economic, and ecological vulnerability and resilience.
Academic text (2006) -
Also, wind is more environment-sensitive—like with drilling oil, the easiest and most geophysically promising locations are taken first.
Blog text (5) -
Immediately after 9/11, I and many of the people I knew (all of whom lived in "flyover country" geopolitically, if not geophysically) rushed to educate ourselves about this new threat from Islam.
Blog text (2) -
Here we can understand how the air war, with its view of massive destruction from a great height above the earth, functions within the metaphorical economy of Sebald's own metaphysically, mystically, and geophysically inclined vision of a world "after nature."
Academic text (2003) -
Geophysically, the layers of the Earth respond differently to seismic waves, revealing important information about its structure.
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The research team studied how geophysically active regions are prone to earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.
Surface Forms
Morphology
geophysically = geophysical (transparent) = geo + physical + ly
The adverb is formed regularly from the adjective 'geophysical' with '-ly', and the meaning is directly predictable from the base.
Etymology
The word geophysically combines geo- meaning 'earth' (as in geography) and -physical meaning 'relating to physical things' (as in physical or physics). So, geophysically means 'in a way that deals with the Earth's physical parts and processes', like rocks, water, heat and earthquakes.