antisepticallyadv.
/ˌantɪˈsɛptᵻkli/, U.S. /ˌæn(t)əˈsɛptək(ə)li/ By means of antiseptics; in antiseptic manner.
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antiseptically1848
1848 Westm. & Foreign Q. Rev. Jan. 309 Meats, antiseptically treated, are also preserved from the air by enclosing in a bladder or gut, in the form of sausages.
1868 Lancet 18 July 56/2 The wound being thus plugged antiseptically.
1882 Ld. Wolseley in Standard 15 Sept. 5/5 All treated antiseptically; the antiseptics sent will suffice.
1956 Antioch Rev. 16 141 The motivation reminds one of that pretext for adultery (more antiseptically known as extra-marital coitus).
2003 Ottawa Citizen (Nexis) 26 Oct. (Sunday Spectator) a12 We relentlessly move toward an antiseptically clean, odour-free, scent-free environment.
2016 Contemp. Southeast Asia 38 334 Abuses of power and objective human rights constraints in all of the LMB [= Lower Mekong Basin] countries are on the whole treated rather antiseptically.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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adv.1848- to raise one's heel against
- to raise one's sights
- to raise one's standard
- to raise out
- to raise sand
- to raise the alarm
- to raise the ante
- to raise the bar
- to raise the devil
- to raise the laugh against
- to raise the market
- to raise the mischief
- to raise the roof
- to raise the tempo
- to raise the wind
- to raise to a power
- to raise up a ghost
- to rake a person over the coals
- to rake and scrape
- to rake away
- to rake down the corn
- to rake down the pile
- to rake down the socks
- to rake fore and aft
- to rake hell