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osˈmotically, adv. [f. prec.: see -ically.] By osmotic action; by the process of osmosis. Also fig.
1882A. S. Wilson in Gard. Chron. XVII. 671 That it may find its way osmotically through the cell-walls of the roots. 1885Tait Properties Matter 262 There need be no surprise that a liquid such as the sap in plants, should be osmotically raised to great heights against gravity. 1974Times Lit. Suppl. 20 Dec. 1437/5 A reminder of how much royal legend is osmotically absorbed by even the most reluctant reader of royal biography. 1976Times 20 Jan. 11/6 The chic of the actresses was absorbed, osmotically, into his ranges [of clothes]. |