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chemically

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chem·i·cal  (km-kl)
adj.
1. Of or relating to chemistry.
2. Of or relating to the properties or actions of chemicals.
n.
1. A substance with a distinct molecular composition that is produced by or used in a chemical process.
2. A drug, especially an illicit or addictive one.

[Obsolete chimical, from chimic, alchemist, from New Latin chimicus, from Medieval Latin alchimicus, from alchymia, alchemy; see alchemy.]

chemi·cal·ly adv.
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Adv.1.chemically - with chemicals;"chemically fertilized"
2.chemically - with respect to chemistry; "chemically different substances"; "chemically related"
Translations
chemically [ˈkemɪkəlɪ] ADVquímicamente; [do, carry out] → por medios químicos
chemically [ˈkɛmɪkli] adv
[treated, induced] → chimiquement; [susceptible] → allergique aux produits chimiques chemically dependent
[affect] → chimiquement
chemically dependent adjtoxicodépendant(e)
chemical warfare nguerre f chimique
chemical weapons nplarmes fpl chimiques
chemically [ˈkɛmɪklɪ] advchimicamente
chemically [ˈkɛmɪklɪ] advchimicamente


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Little by little, as ages went on, a change took place; a general law of attraction manifested itself, to which the hitherto errant atoms became obedient: these atoms combined together chemically according to their affinities, formed themselves into molecules, and composed those nebulous masses with which the depths of the heavens are strewed.
It was a pallid-eyed youth of eighteen in overalls who received Michael, receipted for him to the expressman, and carried his crate into a slope-floored concrete room that smelled offensively and chemically clean.
The light drew them as if they were plants; the chemistry of the life that composed them demanded the light as a necessity of being; and their little puppet-bodies crawled blindly and chemically, like the tendrils of a vine.
 
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