alchemicallyadv.
/alˈkɛmᵻkli/, U.S. /ælˈkɛmək(ə)li/ In an alchemical manner; according to alchemy. Also figurative.
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alchemically1605
chemically1616
spagyrically1621
1605 T. Tymme tr. J. Du Chesne Pract. Chymicall & Hermeticall Physicke i. ix. sig. F2 The matter which is to be calcined, being fast luted in a potte, and set ouer the fire to be baked, so long, vntill it waxe white, Alchimically.
1614 W. Camden Remaines (rev. ed.) 206 Raymond Lully..would proue it as Alchmically [sic].
1801 W. Taylor in Monthly Mag. 11 132 Earth which has been alchemically exposed to the sun's rays.
1859 Ladies Compan. 15 189/2 Anyone would be disappointed who had paid his shilling..expecting Mr. Barnum to exhibit alchemically the concoction of the philosopher's stone.
1916 M. M. Pattison Muir in Cambr. Hist. Eng. Lit. XIV. viii. 273 Priestley thought alchemically, not as a chemist.
1989 Nature 30 Nov. 471/3 The possibility of transmutation of elements alchemically did not die entirely, even after the advent of John Dalton's atomic theory of chemical elements in the nineteenth century.
2010 Independent on Sunday (Nexis) 11 Apr. 46 A good number of men clearly believe that 16 pints will be alchemically converted into solid muscle and sexual charisma.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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