Synthetically

syn·thet·ic  (sn-thtk)

adj.

1. Relating to, involving, or of the nature of synthesis.

2. Chemistry Produced by synthesis, especially not of natural origin.

3.

a. Not natural or genuine; artificial or contrived: "counterfeit rhetoric that flourishes when passions are synthetic" George F. Will.

b. Prepared or made artificially: synthetic leather. See Synonyms at artificial.

4. Linguistics Relating to or being a language, such as Latin or Russian, that uses inflectional affixes to express syntactic relationships.

5. Logic & Philosophy Relating to or being a proposition that attributes to a subject a predicate not inherent in the subject and that does not result in a contradiction if negated.

n.

A synthetic chemical compound or material.

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[Greek sunthetikos, skilled in putting together, component, from sunthetos, combined, from suntithenai, to put together; see synthesis.]

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syn·theti·cal·ly adv.

Thesaurus

Adv.

1.

synthetically - by synthesis; in a synthetic manner; "some of these drugs have been derived from opium and others have been produced synthetically"