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单词 organically
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organicallyadv.

Brit. /ɔːˈɡanᵻkli/, U.S. /ɔrˈɡænək(ə)li/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: organical adj., -ly suffix2.
Etymology: < organical adj. + -ly suffix2.
1. With a sound or tone reminiscent of a musical organ. Obsolete. rare.
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?1640 New Serm. of Newest Fashion (1876) The best Preacher, who..can scrue his bodie into the most severall postures, make most ridiculous faces,..speake most organicallie through the nose.
2. By the nature of a person's constitution or nature, constitutionally, inherently, naturally.
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the world > life > the body > bodily constitution > [adverb]
complexionally1646
organically1649
constitutionally1796
diathetically1883
1649 N. T. Resolver Continued 17 Organically Kings and Princes are but Persons, they are not Powers.
1862 H. Spencer First Princ. i. v. §32. 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.
1887 Mrs. M. L. Woods Village Trag. 216 Nothing's the matter—everything's the matter. She's organically weak.
1977 Times 17 June 18/3 The dictator..is organically incapable of dialogue.
1989 Omni Sept. 26/4 Sentimentally I am disposed to harmony: but organically I am incapable of a tune.
3.
a. In relation to organs or their functions; by means of an organ or organs; in the manner of a living organism.
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the world > life > biology > organism > [adverb]
organically1662
the world > life > the body > system > [adverb] > organ
organically1662
1662 N. Rogers Rich Fool 321 The Soul quickens the Body, and makes it Organically fitly disposed to those duties which we call Opera ad extra.
1681 R. Baxter Answer to Mr. Dodwell vi. 211 If the Head, or Heart,..be gone, the Soul will be gone, because the Body is not organically capable Matter.
a1704 J. Locke Elem. Nat. Philos. viii, in Coll. Several Pieces (1720) 208 All Stones, Metals, and Minerals, are real Vegetables; that is, grow organically from proper seeds, as well as Plants.
1861 R. Bentley Man. Bot. i. iii. 85 The bark..surrounding the wood, to which it is organically connected by means of the medullary rays and cambium-layer.
1908 N.Y. Med. Jrnl. 87 374/1 Sauerbruch and Heyde give the name parabiosis to the new condition produced in animals which are experimented upon when they are organically connected together in an artificial manner.
a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) II. 1236 Two plants, once organically connected, grow where one grew before.
1992 Women's Art (BNC) May 23 The cellular surfaces of her paintings frown organically, with details repeated, similar but never identical, in a process that parallels nature's own working method.
b. Medicine. With regard to or by means of structural or other pathological changes in an organ.
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the world > life > the body > system > [adverb] > organ > structure of
organically1857
the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > characteristics > [adverb] > organically
organically1857
1857 E. L. Birkett Bird's Urinary Deposits (ed. 5) 155 When the kidneys are..organically diseased, or even merely in a state of congestion.
1879 M. E. Braddon Vixen III. 281 Do you mean that Mrs. Winstanley has heart disease—something organically wrong?
1967 Brit. Jrnl. Psychiatry 113 177/2 The question arises of what is left to be termed senile dementia, using this term in the sense of an organically determined cerebral condition.
2002 Psychol. Med. 32 805 The children of these somatizing mothers were more likely to have health problems than were the children of organically ill or healthy women.
4. By means of instruments. Obsolete.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > [adverb]
mechanically1570
organically1798
machinallya1918
1798 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 88 396 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.
5.
a. As parts of an organized whole.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > [adverb] > as parts of an organized whole
organically1841
1841–8 F. Myers Catholic Thoughts II. iii. §11. 42 Though the two Testaments may justly be considered as organically connected into one living whole.
1880 R. W. Dale Evangelical Revival xiii. 277 The third chapter of John's Gospel and the fifth chapter of Matthew's Gospel are organically one.
1961 S. M. Cavert On Road to Christian Unity vii. 138 Each viewpoint is valid if it organically related to the other.
1993 R. Middleton Study Pop. Music (BNC) 36 Beethoven is the historical fulcrum, in his work the two aspects are perfectly balanced, and the uniqueness of the individual musical idea is organically integrated into a socially comprehensible but freely worked-out totality.
b. In the course of natural development or change. Cf. organic adj. 6e.
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society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > freedom of action or from restraint > [adverb] > without artificial constraints
organically1951
1951 Polit. Sci. Q. 66 556 Traditionally..conservatism has stood proudly and successfully for the status quo (or for the Burkean concept of an organically changing status quo).
1984 S. Steward & S. Garratt Signed, Sealed & Delivered i. 16/1 In music, an image can develop slowly and organically, changing as the performer changes.
2003 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 21 July c3/3 The network could grow organically if it became commercially popular.
6.
a. From organic matter; with regard to organic matter.
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the world > life > biology > organism > [adverb] > from organism
organically1882
1882 A. Geikie Text-bk. Geol. ii. ii. §4. 106 Most of the organically derived detrital rocks are calcareous.
1991 R. S. K. Barnes & K. H. Mann Fund. Aquatic Ecol. (ed. 2) xiii. 259/1 Organically rich sediments in these lakes represent a long-term source of nutrient supply.
b. In the manner of or with regard to organic farming or gardening.
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the world > food and drink > farming > [adverb] > types of farming
organically1945
1945 A. J. Massingham Wisdom of Fields viii. 156 What I did not expect was to see a farm, organically husbanded and thus faithful to the old spirit of the country.
1971 Countryman Autumn 203/1 (advt.) Homely atmosphere, quality food, organically grown vegetables, log fires.
1999 BBC Vegetarian Good Food Apr. 15/2 My plants are grown in organically approved compost.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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