systemicallyadv.
/sᵻˈstiːmᵻkli/, /sᵻˈstɛmᵻkli/, U.S. /səˈstɛmək(ə)li/ 1. = systematically adv. Now rare.
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the mind > will > intention > [adverb]
willesOE
with one's willc1175
willes and waldesc1225
adviselya1325
wittinglya1340
wilfullyc1374
witting1377
a-purposea1382
of purpose (also (out) of (a) (set) purpose)a1382
wilfulc1381
willingly1402
of intention1430
knowingly1435
advisedlyc1449
deliberately1471
purpensely1472
purposely1495
prepensedly1496
purpensedly1496
purposedlya1540
proposely?1550
studiously1567
on (also upon) purpose1569
on set purpose1569
of industry1575
affectedly1582
premeditatelya1595
deliberatively1598
consultively1599
intentionallya1673
affectionally1603
by (also out of, on, upon) design1603
intentionately1609
industriouslya1616
perpensedly1624
intendedlya1641
unspontaneously1640
industrously1643
consultedly1645
consideringly1647
designedly1652
premeditatedly1653
wittily1653
intendingly1678
premeditatinglya1679
self-consciously1685
propensely1694
thinkingly1705
accidentally on purpose1711
affectionatelya1716
prepensely?1725
systematically1744
advertently1745
systemically1761
reflectively1775
purposefullya1854
meaningly1867
aimfully1870
purposively1878
designingly1879
proposedly1887
the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > [adverb] > in something evil or reprehensible
systematically1744
systemically1888
1761 Refl. Rise & Progress Brit. Constit. 5 All things will go on regularly, harmoniously, and systemically.
1816 J. Sutcliffe Treat. on Canals & Reservoirs 68 I know of a number of good water wheels, judiciously constructed, well speeded, and the water systemically applied.
1888 Centen. Confer. Missions (U.S.) II. 265 What general would dare systemically to fight without reserves?
1978 J. L. Schmidt & D. L. Gilbert Big Game N. Amer. xv. 227/1 During historic times in North America, bear populations were systemically eradicated in many areas.
2. Medicine. As regards or so as to affect the entire body; by the oral or parenteral route (of drug administration).
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the world > life > the body > system > [adverb]
systemad1808
systemically1846
1846 Lancet 19 Dec. 656/2 Mercury appears to act in two ways on the liver: locally, if we may so express ourselves, as a simple purgative; systemically, as a general stimulant, conveyed to the organ by the circulation.
1919 Dental Cosmos 61 664/1 There are instances in which the patients are infected systemically through abscessed teeth, there are more in which they are not.
1959 S. Duke-Elder Parsons' Dis. Eye (ed. 13) xiv. 151 In ophthalmology, these steroids may be administered locally or systemically.
2005 Dogs in Canada Jan. 21/2 It is effective when applied topically to the affected tissue; it does not need to be given systemically.
3. In a manner that relates to or affects an entire system; with regard to the whole system. Cf. systemic adj. 5.
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1982 N.Y. Times 15 Aug. f7/3 The decision to suspend sales of Oraflex ‘reflects something systemically wrong at the F.D.A.’
1990 Bellcore Insight Winter 3/2 Managers who think and act ‘systemically’..try to influence the system rather than attempt to control it.
2002 D. Goleman et al. Business: Ultimate Resource 294/3 If crisis leadership is not undertaken systemically, then it is basically not being done, let alone being done well.
2009 Wall St. Jrnl. 15 June a12/6 Under the plan, firms deemed ‘systemically important’ would be regulated more heavily than other firms, to limit the chance they fail and threaten the broader economy.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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