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organically, adv.|ɔːˈgænɪkəlɪ|
[f. prec. + -ly2.]
In an organic or organical manner.
1. a. In relation to bodily organs or their functions; in the manner of an organized or living being; vitally. b. Path. In relation to the structure of an organ (opp. to functionally). c. From organic or organized matter (quot. 1882).
1681Baxter Acc. Sherlocke vi. 211 If the Head, or Heart,..be gone, the Soul will be gone, because the Body is not organically capable Matter. a1704Locke Elem. Nat. Philos. viii. (1754) 32 All stones, metals, and minerals, are real vegetables; that is, grow organically from proper seeds, as well as plants. 1857G. Bird's Urin. Deposits (ed. 5) 155 When the kidneys are..organically diseased, or even merely in a state of congestion. 1861Bentley Man. Bot. 85 The bark..surrounding the wood, to which it is organically connected by means of the medullary rays and cambium-layer. 1879M. E. Braddon Vixen III. 281 Do you mean that Mrs. Winstanley has heart disease—something organically wrong? 1882Geikie Text-bk. Geol. ii. ii. §4. 106 Most of the organically derived detrital rocks are calcareous.
d. In relation to the constitution of a living being; constitutionally; structurally.
1862H. Spencer First Princ. i. v. §32 (1875) 118 Were it not..that we have been rendered in a considerable degree organically moral..disastrous results would ensue from the removal of those strong and distinct motives. 1880Disraeli Endym. xlii, Perhaps he was organically of that cheerful and easy nature, which is content to enjoy the present, and not brood over the past. 1887Mrs. M. L. Woods Village Tragedy 216 Nothing's the matter—everything's the matter. She's organically weak.
e. Without the use of chemical fertilizers, pesticides, etc.
1971Countryman Autumn 203/1 (Advt.), Homely atmosphere, quality food, organically grown vegetables, log fires. 1972Guardian 3 Apr. 7/3 Apple pie... Wash apples (don't peel if organically grown). 1975Listener 14 Aug. 204/2 Their last crop of the season, hand-grown, organically-manured leeks.
2. As parts of an organized whole.
1841Myers Cath. Th. iii. §11. 42 Though the two Testaments may justly be considered as organically connected into one living whole. 1880R. W. Dale Evangelical Revival xiii. 277 The third chapter of John's Gospel and the fifth chapter of Matthew's Gospel are organically one.
†3. By means of instruments, mechanically. Obs.
1797Brougham in Phil. Trans. LXXXVIII. 396 This curve may be described (organically) by drawing one end of a given flexible line..along a straight line, whilst the other end is urged by a weight towards the same straight line.
Add:4. Naturally; in the course of unconstrained development.
1977Washington Post 30 Oct. a14/6 G-P grew organically almost like the trees that were the material basis of its prosperity. 1984Steward & Garratt Signed, sealed & Delivered i. 16/1 In music, an image can develop slowly and organically, changing as the performer changes. 1988Boston Globe 6 Nov. c1/1 Cairo has become a packed, sprawling, organically expanding metropolis of 14 million people. |