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Optically

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op·ti·cal  (pt-kl)
adj.
1. Of or relating to sight; visual: an optical defect.
2. Designed to assist sight: optical instruments.
3. Of or relating to optics.
4. Relating to or using visible light: optical astronomy.
5. Using light-sensitive devices.
opti·cal·ly adv.
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Adv.1.optically - in an optical manner; "optically distorted"


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But it seemed that, when on the wharf, Queequeg had not at all noticed what I now alluded to; hence I would have thought myself to have been optically deceived in that matter, were it not for Elijah's otherwise inexplicable question.
Moby Dick I-LXVII by Melville, Herman View in context
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