单词 | physically |
释义 | physicallyadv.ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > art or science of medicine > [adverb] physically1582 medicinally1621 medically1646 1582 J. Hester tr. L. Fioravanti Compend. Rationall Secretes iii. cxiv. 139 Then shall be finished the solution of Iron Phisically, the whiche thou maiest giue safely. 1674 R. Godfrey Var. Injuries in Physick 208 To make it a Proverb, Qui Medicè vivit, miserè vivit, (i.e.) He that lives Physically, lives miserably. 1712 M. Henry Sober-mindedness in Wks. (1853) I. 70 Then it [sc. mirth] must be used like a medicine,—must be taken physically. 1782 M. Henry Select Sermons 146 A merry heart doth good like a medicine; but then it must be used like a medicine, must be taken physically. 2. a. According to (the laws of) nature or physics; according to the world as perceived by the senses; materially as opposed to intellectually, morally, or spiritually. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > materiality > [adverb] fleshlyc1175 temporallyc1380 materiallya1398 naturallya1513 carnally1527 physically1583 grossly1585 worldwarda1617 terrenelya1638 elementarily1643 crassly1664 tangibly1847 incarnately1856 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > branch of knowledge > systematic knowledge, science > [adverb] physically1583 scientifically1645 scientistically1882 1583 A. Nowell et al. True Rep. Disput. E. Campion sig. Y4 You reason physically: but we must not be led by senses in these misteries. 1675 R. Burthogge Cavsa Dei 48 It is not deni'd Physically, but Morally. 1735 T. Dallowe tr. H. Boerhaave Elements Chem. I. ii. 330 This Experiment..teaches us, that the smallest difference of some physical circumstance, may occasion the greatest difference in the Body physically produced. 1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature I. 417 The swelling of the ocean, by the joint attraction of the sun and the moon, is less physically intelligible, than the periodical effusions of the polar ices. 1855 W. R. Grove On Correlation Physical Forces (ed. 3) 182 An atom or molecule physically indivisible. 1870 W. S. Jevons Elem. Lessons Logic ii. 13 Nothing can physically exist corresponding to a general notion. 1942 E. Waugh Put out More Flags ii. 114 There was an enormous fall of snow,..and for eight days the Old Mill was cut off physically, as for so long it had been cut in spirit, from all contact with the modern world. 2000 Wired Apr. 247/3 Evolution..must occur at every scale at which it's physically possible, down to and including the nanoecosystem of the genome. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > [adverb] > innately or naturally i-cundelyeOE through kindc1225 proprementc1230 kindlya1250 naturallyc1275 kinda1325 by kindc1325 of kindc1325 in kind1340 properly1340 voluntarily1562 natively1590 alliably1593 physically1629 innately1632 natural1793 congenitally1862 connately1884 1629 H. Burton Truth's Triumph 58 Justification..the forme whereof is relatiue and not physically inherent in vs. 1684 T. Hockin Disc. God's Decrees 200 The will is physically ours, and the deed is also ours, but 'tis morally Gods. 1793 D. Stewart Outl. Moral Philos. ii. 209 Not to demonstrate that the soul is physically and necessarily immortal. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > essence or intrinsic nature > [adverb] > virtually in effectc1405 virtuouslya1475 virtuallya1600 equipollently1642 equivalently1644 physically1690 in substance1737 practically1749 essentially1774 1690 W. Leybourn Cursus mathematicus f. 450 It is a Body, though Physically Round, yet full of uneven Asperities. 1758 Philos. Trans. 1757 (Royal Soc.) 50 324 The velocity of the fluids, in the remoter series of vessels, will be, physically, nothing. 3. With regard to the body; in bodily terms or by bodily means. Also: spec. sexually.physically challenged: see challenged adj. at challenge v. Derivatives. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > [adverb] lichamlyc900 fleshlyc1230 bodilyc1370 (to raise or rise) in flesh and fellc1375 after the fleshc1384 outwardc1390 in flesh and bonea1400 naturally1439 corporally1483 corporate1495 corporatelya1513 animally1535 carnally1539 in flesh and blood1598 physicallyc1600 fleshlily1614 body-wise1620 all over1633 in (the) flesh1651 corporeally1664 body-like1674 somatically1847 bodily-wise1869 c1600 Timon (1980) v. iv. 79 He'es an asse logically, & Capitally, not Phisikcallie & animallie. 1651 R. Baxter Plain Script. Proof Infants Church-membership & Baptism 179 It may be the child's Action Morally, and in Law-sence, when it is only the Father's Action Physically. 1794 tr. A. Barruel Hist. Clergy during French Revol. i. 92 That man, whose heart morally and physically corrupted had been consumed by an ignominious putrefaction, which ultimately had pervaded the whole system of his body. 1846 J. E. Ryland in Life & Corr. J. Foster II. 107 Unless physically disabled. 1882 E. R. Pitman Mission Life in Greece 194 These fellaheen are physically adapted to the climate. 1934 C. P. Snow Search (1972) II. iii. 171 Does one ever love just physically? 1986 S. Forward Men who hate Women (1987) ii. x. 196 I asked Nicki..to ventilate her anger physically by beating on the empty chair with a padded foam bat, called a bataka. 1995 Independent 21 Dec. 1/5 Older and physically unattractive women are defined as ‘dragons’, which gave men licence to be ruder to them. Phrases physically impossible adj. not possible according to the laws of nature or physics; beyond the limits of what can actually be done. ΚΠ 1666 R. Boyle Origine Formes & Qualities 9 It is Physically impossible, that it [sc. matter] should be devoid of some Bulk or other, and som determinate Shape or other. 1703 Philos. Trans. 1702–3 (Royal Soc.) 23 1315 Dr Ward's Theory is Physically impossible, there being no Centripetal force towards the Sun, that can make them move in an Ellipse according to this Law. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. xii. 217 It would be physically impossible for many of them to surrender themselves in time. 1993 New Musical Express (BNC) 12 Sept. 31 I think it would be physically impossible to drink all that every night on tour. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.1582 |
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