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chemically

/ˈkɛm.ɪ.kli/

chemically adverb: using a chemical reaction, process, or operation.

Adverb

chemically (comparative more chemically, superlative most chemically)

  1. Using a chemical reaction, process, or operation.
  2. According to the principles of chemistry.
    • This letter, inscribed in a feminine, but irregular hand, and in some places almost illegible, plainly attesting the state of the mind which had dictated it;—stained, too, here and there, with spots of tears, which chemically acted upon by the ink, assumed a strange and reddish hue […]1852, Herman Melville, Pierre; or The Ambiguities
    • “This material has a specific hardness and is chemically very stable. It forms naturally from calcium alone, but bacteria accelerate the transformation into calcium carbonate,” explains Alejandro Montesinos, head of the Decarbonization, Climate Change, and Circular Economy Research Group at Tec de...2024 August 6, Ricardo Treviño, “Self-Healing Concrete Help Buildings Seal Themselves”, in TecScience, archived from the original on 19 Jan 2025

Adjective

chemically (comparative more chemically, superlative most chemically)

  1. (colloquial) Reminiscent of chemicals.
    • It starts out as kind of a chemically taste, sharp and irritating, but then there's another taste underneath, like some kind of plant, maybe . . . flowers?2013, E. E. "Doc" Murdock, My Vietnam War (page 250)

chemically meaning in Tamil

chemically in Tamil

வேதி நிலையில்
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Sindhi
ڪيمياً

Examples of chemically in a sentence

  • Wooden structures in the tropics must be chemically treated to repel xylotomous pests.
  • “This material has a specific hardness and is chemically very stable.
  • Argent’s Metropolitan line was a sound investment, with its chemically treated bouclé cushions and Airform core.

All 35 example sentences with chemically

Forms of chemically

Adverb
comparativemore chemically
superlativemost chemically
Adjective
comparativemore chemically
superlativemost chemically

Origin of chemically

From chemical + -ly.

From chemical + -y.

Words formed from chemically

Phrases with chemically

Questions about chemically

What does chemically mean?
Chemically means using a chemical reaction, process, or operation.
What is chemically in Tamil?
Chemically in Tamil is வேதி நிலையில். See Chemically meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is chemically?
Chemically can be an adverb or an adjective.
How do you pronounce chemically?
Chemically is pronounced /ˈkɛm.ɪ.kli/.

Words near chemically in the dictionary

  1. chemicalize
  2. chemicalized
  3. chemicalizes
  4. chemicalizing
  5. chemicallike
  6. chemically
  7. chemically imbalanced
  8. chemically impaired
  9. chemically inconvenienced
  10. chemically peculiar star
  11. chemically peculiar stars

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