metallicallyadv.
/mᵻˈtalᵻkli/, U.S. /məˈtælək(ə)li/ 1.
a. By means of a metallic material or object.
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > [adverb] > by means of metal
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1833 M. Faraday in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 123 31 A good discharging train was arranged by connecting metallically a sufficiently thick wire with, first, the metallic gas pipes of the house, [etc.].
1895 Science 4 Oct. 434/1 This guard tube was always metallically connected to the other pair of quadrants of the electrometer and to its case.
1909 Physical Rev. 28 159 The clamp K containing the molybdenite is metallically connected with the binding post H.
1935 C. J. Smith Intermediate Physics v. xxxvi. 596 If two charged conductors are connected metallically one with the other, electricity flows from the conductor at the higher potential to the other.
1964 R. F. Ficchi Electr. Interference ix. 168 Metal boxes, cabinets and fittings,..if metallically connected to grounded cable armor or metal raceway, are considered grounded by such connections.
1988 Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 115 306/2 This [sc. the heraldic mantle] found its origin in a cape or cloak that protected the metallically encased knight from the heat of the sun.
b. With regard to (the constituent) metal. rare.
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1889 Pop. Sci. Monthly Jan. 299 A metallically pure cylinder of wrought or cast iron.
2. With a metallic voice or sound.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > unpleasant quality > harsh or discordant quality > [adverb] > harsh and metallic
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1868 Ladies' Repository June 438/1 They..speak from between their eyebrows, metallically and sharp.
1872 W. D. Howells Their Wedding Journey v. 115 The train-boy came back, and metallically, like a part of the machinery, demanded, ‘Ten Cents!’
1944 ‘N. Shute’ Pastoral ii. 36 He was lighting his pipe..when the Tannoy sounded metallically above his head.
1962 Evolution 16 12/1 The chukar cackles and the rock partridge whistles metallically.
1987 P. Farmer Away from Home (1988) 56 The cries of birds metallically echo and re-echo.
3. In the manner of a metal or metals.
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1908 Science 10 Apr. 571/1 With the exception of the diamond and charcoal, carbon in its various forms conducts electricity metallically.
1944 Physical Rev. 66 326/1 There are some substances such as the aniline dyes and KMnO4 which reflect metallically in narrow wave-length regions.
1995 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 92 6663 In metallically conducting compounds, this hybridization will show up as a coupling between the atomic f-like level and the conduction electrons.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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