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proximally

proximally adverb: immediately; most directly.

Adverb

proximally (comparative more proximally, superlative most proximally)

  1. Immediately; most directly
    • A horticulturalist might know that scarlet pimpernels always close up before rain without having any idea whether it is increasing moisture levels, […] or whatever, that they are proximally responding to.2008 April 19, C. S. Jenkins, Daniel Nolan, “Backwards explanation”, in Philosophical Studies, volume 140, number 1, →DOI
  2. In the proximal direction: reverse of distally

Forms of proximally

comparativemore proximally
superlativemost proximally

Origin of proximally

From proximal + -ly.

Words formed from proximally

Questions about proximally

What does proximally mean?
Proximally means immediately; most directly.
What part of speech is proximally?
Proximally is an adverb.

Words near proximally in the dictionary

  1. proximalizations
  2. proximalize
  3. proximalized
  4. proximalizes
  5. proximalizing
  6. proximally
  7. proximalmost
  8. proximate
  9. proximate cause
  10. proximate causes
  11. proximate principle

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