photographicallyadv.
/ˌfəʊtəˈɡrafᵻkli/, U.S. /ˌfoʊdəˈɡræfək(ə)li/ By means of or with reference to photography; from a photographic point of view. Also: in a photographic manner.
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1840 J. F. W. Herschel in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 130 16 One and the same spectrum thrown on papers differently prepared, shall indicate by the impressions photographically left on those papers, the most capricious differences in the scale of action.
1842 J. F. W. Herschel in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 132 194 The retina itself may be photographically impressible by strong lights.
1856 Engineer 25 Apr. 227/2 The possibility of producing photographically..a printing surface of relievo and intaglio parts.
1869 Student 2 83 The chrysalides of butterflies,..their shells being photographically sensitive for a short time after the caterpillars' skins have been shed, so that each individual assumes the colour most prevalent in its immediate vicinity.
1919 Outing Mar. 299/3 From a full face view, photographically speaking, Billy looked like nothing so much as a good-natured, miniature bear.
1991 National Geographic Traveler Nov. 6/2 The town of Grand Lake—photographically irresistible.
2002 Geophysics in UK (Royal Astron. Soc.) 34/2 This instrument recorded photographically on a rotating drum.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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