tonically
tonically adverb: in a tonic manner.
Adverb
tonically (not comparable)
- in a tonic manner
- Slow-developing changes in the population response of the tonically active neurons of the striatum, putative interneurons, have also been found [ T. Aosaki, et al., J. Neurosci.1999 November 26, Mandar S. Jog et al., “Building Neural Representations of Habits”, in Science, volume 286, number 5445, →DOI, pages 1745–1749
- Force must not be used, but steady firm pressure against the tonically contracted cricopharyngeus is made, while at the same time the distal end of the esophagoscope is lifted by the left thumb.1922, Chevalier Jackson, Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy
Examples of tonically in a sentence
- It is too proud, too austere, too true, and too tonically cruel to appeal to mandarins.1917, Arnold Bennett, Books and Persons:
- Or to speak tonically, the melody and accompaniment after being written nearly all the way in the key of Do, suddenly diverge to the key of Fa, and there close.1891, W. S. B. Mathews, A Popular History of the Art of Music:
Origin of tonically
From tonic + -ally.
Words formed from tonically
Questions about tonically
- What does tonically mean?
- Tonically means in a tonic manner.
- How do you use tonically in a sentence?
- It is too proud, too austere, too true, and too tonically cruel to appeal to mandarins.
- What part of speech is tonically?
- Tonically is an adverb.
Words near tonically in the dictionary
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