pigmentallyadv.
/pɪɡˈmɛntl̩i/, /pɪɡˈmɛntəli/, U.S. /pɪɡˈmɛn(t)l̩i/ With regard to colour or pigmentation.
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1886 Belgravia Mag. 59 353 The most horrible advertisements..false in drawing as in statement..overcoloured, pigmentally and morally.
1931 Harper's Mag. Nov. 685/1 Pigmentally they [sc. Bermudan land crabs] are most artistic additions to the dark green of their background.
2003 Sunday Times (Nexis) 2 Mar. (Culture section) 38 Women have spent the entire period since the Fall of Troy pasting pigeon dung and horse urine on their hair, in the hope of making themselves pigmentally more conspicuous.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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