metabolically

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English metabolic

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālisbor.

Old French -albor.

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Latin -ālis

Old French -elbor.

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Latin -ālisbor.

Middle English -al

Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.

Proto-Germanic *līkąder.

Proto-Germanic *-līkaz

Proto-Germanic *-ê

Proto-Germanic *-līkê

Proto-West Germanic *-līkē

Old English -līċe

Middle English -ly

Middle English -ally

English -ally

English metabolically

From metabolic + -ally.

Adverb

metabolically (not comparable)

1. In terms of, or by means of, metabolism.
   • 2016, Justin O. Schmidt, The Sting of the Wild, Johns Hopkins University Press, →ISBN, page 66:

     Here [the new fire ant queen] raises a few tiny “minim” workers entirely from her body reserves of stored fat and metabolically cannibalized wing muscles.

   • 2026 January 6, Angelica Stable, “More Americans may be classified as obese under new definition, study suggests”, in Fox News‎^[1], archived from the original on 17 January 2026:

     Abdominal fat accumulation, known as visceral fat, has "long been recognized as metabolically harmful," according to Philip Rabito, M.D., a specialist in endocrinology, weight loss and wellness in New York City.

Derived terms

• cardiometabolically
• cometabolically
• metabolically challenged