arctically
arctically adverb: in an Arctic manner.
Adverb
arctically (comparative more arctically, superlative most arctically)
- In an Arctic manner.
- Then, across a draughty hall, she made her way to the front entrance and passed by another stairway into the street. It was still arctically cold.1889, Edgar Fawcett, The Evil that Men Do, page 86
- He was not far, physically, from Manhasset, no further than he had been in his Broadway haunts. But he felt arctically remote.1951, Herman Wouk, chapter 1, in The Caine Mutiny, New York: Little, Brown, published 2013
Forms of arctically
| comparative | more arctically |
|---|---|
| superlative | most arctically |
Origin of arctically
From Arctic + -ally.
Questions about arctically
- What does arctically mean?
- Arctically means in an Arctic manner.
- What part of speech is arctically?
- Arctically is an adverb.
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