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metallically, adv.|mɪˈtælɪkəlɪ| [f. metallical a. + -ly2.] 1. By means of a metal or metals.
1839Noad Lect. Electricity 190 One [of the plates] was insulated, and the other metallically fixed by its extremity to a plate of platinum. 1909Physical Rev. XXVIII. 159 The clamp K containing the molybdenite is metallically connected with the binding post H. 1913V. B. Lewes Oil Fuel vi. 173 A second platinum rod also passes through the cover, being metallically connected with it. 2. With regard to (the constituent) metal.
1889Pop. Sci. Monthly Jan. 299 A metallically pure cylinder of wrought or cast iron. 3. With a metallic voice.
1872Howells Wedd. Journ. (1884) 129 The tram-boy came back, and metallically, like a part of the machinery, demanded ‘Ten Cents!’ 4. In the manner of a metal or metals.
1944Physical Rev. LXVI. 326/1 There are some substances such as the aniline dyes and KMnO4 which reflect metallically in narrow wave-length regions. |