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ˈvegetably, adv. rare.
[f. as prec. + -ly2.]
1. In the manner of a vegetable or plant; with vegetative properties.
1651Biggs New Disp. 39 These things happen in plants vegetably animate.
2. In respect of, by means of, vegetables; towards vegetables. Only in combs.
1827Examiner 248/1 There is a bold enrichment in the vegetably-marked foreground. 1867F. Francis Angling i. (1880) 31 A bait for roach when they are vegetably-minded. |