vitreouslyadv.
/ˈvɪtrɪəsli/ In a vitreous manner:
a. With positive electricity.
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the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > [adverb] > friction
negatively1747
positively1747
resinously1794
vitreously1794
tribo-electrically1967
1794 G. Adams Lect. Nat. & Exper. Philos. IV. xlvi. 305 Those attracted by excited wax, are vitreously..electrified.
1844 H. M. Noad Lect. Electr. (ed. 2) 9 We are led to the inference that the cloth is vitreously electrified.
1885 H. W. Watson & S. H. Burbury Math. Theory Electr. & Magn. I. 75 The outside of the vessel will be found to be vitreously electrified.
b. Glassily; like glass.
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > glass and glass-like materials > [adverb]
vitreously1904
1904 Howells Son of Royal Langbrith 62 In the moonlight Hawberk's face had a greenish hue, and his eyes shone vitreously.
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