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mimically

mimically adverb: in a mimicking or imitative manner.

Adverb

mimically (comparative more mimically, superlative most mimically)

  1. In a mimicking or imitative manner.
    • mimically represented emotions
    • In the last place, he argues, that if it be lawful to baptize infants without understanding, baptism may be mimically and jocularly administered by boys in play.1844, Jean Calvin, John Allen, Institutes of the Christian Religion - Volume 2, page 463
  2. In a manner that preserves the form and internal structure of an organic substance.
    • Allochems and preexisting cements may be unreplaced, partially replaced, replaced mimically, or replaced nonmimically.1987, Journal of Sedimentary Petrology - Volume 57, page 967
    • The overgrowths have been mimically dolomitized.1990, Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program, page 504

Examples of mimically in a sentence

  • Be neither mimically in , nor ridiculously out of the fashion ; let your apparel be neat , not chargeable , fitted as well to your estate, years, and profession, as to your person.1900, James Puckle, The Club: Or, A Grey Cap for a Green Head, page 129:
  • The echinoid fragments are mimically replaced by silica.1994, Preliminary Analysis of Integrated Stratigraphic Data from the South Venice Corehole, Sarasota County, Florida, page 124:
  • If carbonate grains are completely replaced, they may be replaced mimically or nonmimically .2003, Sam Boggs, Petrology of Sedimentary Rocks, page 490:

Forms of mimically

comparativemore mimically
superlativemost mimically

Origin of mimically

From mimical + -ly.

Questions about mimically

What does mimically mean?
Mimically means in a mimicking or imitative manner.
How do you use mimically in a sentence?
Be neither mimically in , nor ridiculously out of the fashion ; let your apparel be neat , not chargeable , fitted as well to your estate, years, and profession, as to your person.
What part of speech is mimically?
Mimically is an adverb.

Words near mimically in the dictionary

  1. mimic octopuses
  2. mimic thrush
  3. mimicability
  4. mimicable
  5. mimical
  6. mimically
  7. mimicism
  8. mimick
  9. mimickability
  10. mimickable
  11. mimicked

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