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chemically, adv.|ˈkɛmɪkəlɪ|
[f. chemical a. + -ly2.]
†1. By alchemy. Obs.
1621Burton Anat. Mel. ii. ii. iv. (1676) 179 A lamp to be made of mans blood..which Chymically prepared forty dayes..shall shew all the accidents of this life. 1630J. Taylor (Water P.) Wks. ii. 121/1 He..chimically turnes his coyne to liquor.
2. In a chemical manner, by a chemical process; in relation to chemistry.
1663P. Skippon Journ. in Voy. & Trav. (1746) VI. 547 Four hundred glass bottles filled with the Materia Medica, chymically prepared. 1782A. Monro Anat. 13 Chemically analysed. 1842W. Grove Corr. Phys. Forces 50 The substance..is..precipitated..chemically speaking, in an unaltered state. 1871Tyndall Fragm. Sc. (ed. 6) I. iv. 102 The more refrangible rays are the most chemically active. 1883Standard 27 Apr. 6/1 The nitric [acid] was commercially pure. There is another chemically pure.
▸ chemically dependent adj. (a) addicted to a chemical substance, esp. drugs or alcohol; characterized by chemical dependency; (b) Agric. (chiefly depreciative) relying on the use of agricultural chemicals; non-organic.
1971Lincoln (Nebraska) Star 25 Dec. 6/1 He explained that a *chemically dependent person has surrounded his dependency with a self-deceiving set of rigid defenses. 1984N.Y. Times 23 Dec. e12/3 Are our chemically dependent agricultural systems either safe or sustainable? 1991D. Stafford & L. Hodgkinson Codependency 45 Typically in such a household, the mother will be a codependent, having possibly herself come from a chemically-dependent background, which is why she has chosen an addict for a husband. 2000J. Opie Ogallala i. 46 The transformation of the High Plains grassland into a bonanza of high-yield, chemically dependent, mechanized cropland. 2002Star Tribune (Minneapolis) (Electronic ed.) 24 Mar. Hopkins provides..two other programs for chemically dependent students and for emotionally troubled students. |