carbolically

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

carbolic +‎ -ally

Adverb[edit]

carbolically (not comparable)

  1. With carbolic acid.
    • 1881, Veterinary Journal:
      Personally I had these suspicions at the time, and I took every precaution, by washing my hands carbolically after seeing a patient with a sore throat of any kind […]
    • 2012, Ken Chadwick, Evacuee: Or Sins and Comeuppances:
      The young minds had first to be emptied, and then carbolically scoured, before they could be filled with The Truth.
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