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1670 S. Gott Divine Hist. Genesis World ix. 282 Nor doth the Heat of Flame attract Electricaly, though it be very sudden and momentaneous.

1743 tr. H. Boerhaave Acad. Lect. Theory Physic II. 130 The Vires monadicæ of Bodies, by which they attract and repell each other electrically or by Magnetism.

1787 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 77 139 If any conducting body..were to be placed at L..and to be there electrically insulated; then [etc.].

1812 H. Davy Elements Chem. Philos. 307 Points of platina are electrically ignited.

1824 Lancet 24 July 107/2 When a body is electrically excited, it will attract other bodies.

1862 Rep. Brit. Assoc. Advancem. Sci. 1861 p. lxv Electrically, india-rubber possesses high advantages.

1883 Daily News 18 Sept. 3/7 The electrically-lighted marquee in Carlton-road.

1923 National Geographic Apr. 382/1 Up in this bridge house are men who operate electrically controlled switches.

1959 Metalworking Production 29 May 950/1 A molten pool of highly-ionized and consequently electrically conductive slag.

1978 G. M. Kichenside & A. Williams Brit. Railway Signalling (ed. 4) iv. 38 The axle counter..electrically records the total number of axles passing over it.

2005 Grow your Own Dec. 78/1 Most propagators have an electrically heated panel underneath.

1786 W. Young Hist. Athens 70 The spark of patriotism first catches, or rather electrically pervades the whole band.

1791 ‘A. Pasquin’ Shrove Tuesday 106 As Despots are electrically knit, The shock of Louis vibrates thro' the race.

1842 E. Bulwer-Lytton Zanoni 25 The orchestra—electrically sensitive to the impression of the audience.

1869 A. D. Whitney Hitherto xviii. 250 Why? she demanded electrically, like a thunder-clap.

1880 Daily Gaz. (Colorado Springs, Colorado) 5 Nov. Her eyes..when her face is in repose, prone to dreariness but as soon as her face becomes animated, sparkle electrically.

1932 R. Riskin Amer. Madness in Six Screenplays (1997) 185 (stage direct.) Closeup—Dickson. As he reacts electrically to the mention of his wife.

1968 H. Brodkey Bookkeeping in Stories in Almost Classical Mode (1988) 80 How could she fail to be impressed by Annetje—unkempt, exotic,..electrically present and troubled?

1999 New Yorker 31 May 17/1 He infused modernist energy into the ancient art of calligraphy, developing what he called a ‘dancing’ style, which vibrates electrically on both scroll and page.