optimallyadv.
/ˈɒptᵻməli/, /ˈɒptᵻml̩i/, U.S. /ˈɑptəm(ə)li/ In the best or most advantageous way.
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the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > quality of being the best > [adverb] > for end result
optimally1921
1921 B. E. Livingston & F. Shreve Distribution Vegetation in U.S. ii. 123 The optimally moist soil of the experiment with morning-glory..might be said to be physiologically dry for that plant under those conditions of transpiration.
1950 D. Halliday Introd. Nucl. Physics ix. 340 Phase-defocused atoms are not optimally accelerated and do not contribute to the useful beam.
1972 Sci. Amer. Sept. 148/3 The time of physicians is not always optimally employed.
1992 Financial Sunday Express (New Delhi) 13 Sept. 7/4 While we may acquire high-tech high-speed electric locos..we may not be in a position to utilise them optimally for quite some time.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adv.1921- to commit fully
- to commit marriage
- to commit matrimony
- to commit one's stead to
- to commit rarely do a fault
- to commit rarely make a fault
- to commit sati
- to commit suicide
- to commit the seventh
- to commit to death
- to commit to memory
- to commit to paper
- to commit to press
- to commit to sea
- to commit to the flames
- to commit to the press
- to commit to trial
- to commit to ward
- to commit to writing
- to compare
- to compare apples and oranges
- to compare apples to apples
- to compare notes
- to compass
- to complain of