tropically

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English tropic

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālislbor.

Old French -albor.

▲

Latin -ālis

Old French -elbor.

▲

Latin -ālisbor.

Middle English -al

English -al

English tropical

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

English -ly

English tropically

From tropical + -ly.

Adverb

tropically (comparative more tropically, superlative most tropically)

1. In a tropical manner; of the tropics.
2. In a metaphorical or figurative manner; as a trope.

Derived terms

• circumtropically
• monotropically
• subtropically

Anagrams

• pictorally