atmospherically

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

atmospheric +‎ -ally

Adverb[edit]

atmospherically (comparative more atmospherically, superlative most atmospherically)

  1. In an atmospheric manner.
    • 2012, Bruce F. Kawin, Horror and the Horror Film, page 152:
      [] a picture like The Texas Chain Saw Massacre is a horror film, for it deliberately, atmospherically and painfully puts horrors on show, even if they are credible horrors performed by humans.
  2. With regard to the atmosphere.
    • 2007, Tom Bissell, Chasing the Sea: Lost Among the Ghosts of Empire in Central Asia:
      In the years following World War Two, Americans cut down vast forests, built thousands of factories, assembled millions of atmospherically toxic automobiles, and filthied the water throughout North America.

Translations[edit]