proximally

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

proximal +‎ -ly

Adverb[edit]

proximally (comparative more proximally, superlative most proximally)

  1. (of causation) Immediately; most directly
    • 2008 April 19, C. S. Jenkins, Daniel Nolan, “Backwards explanation”, in Philosophical Studies, volume 140, number 1, →DOI:
      A horticulturalist might know that scarlet pimpernels always close up before rain without having any idea whether it is increasing moisture levels, […] or whatever, that they are proximally responding to.
  2. (medicine) In the proximal direction: reverse of distally

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