Artificially
[,a:ti'fiʃəli]
Definition
(adv.) not according to nature; not by natural means; 'artificially induced conditions'.
Typist: Shane--From WordNet
Definition
(adv.) In an artificial manner; by art, or skill and contrivance, not by nature.
(adv.) Ingeniously; skillfully.
(adv.) Craftily; artfully.
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Examples
- The thinking thus evoked is artificially one-sided at the best. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Close against one side of it, under shelter of the projecting roof, I discovered a little hole in the sand--a hole artificially made, beyond a doubt. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Of course you have seen my fire, she answered with languid calmness, artificially maintained. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Sinking shafts through quicksands by artificially freezing the sand, so as to form a firm frozen wall immediately around the area where the shaft is to be sunk, is a recent new idea. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- In the United States, approximately two fifths of the land area is so dry as to be worthless for agricultural purposes unless artificially watered. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- With this machine he heard the first sound and saw the first light in artificially excited electricity. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Thus the appearance of new forms and the disappearance of old forms, both those naturally and artificially produced, are bound together. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- For the study of bacteria they are propagated artificially in a test tube--_i. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- She was in a deep sleep at the time, whether naturally or artificially produced she could not say. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- The German chemist produced an artificially made product, which took the place of the madder dye, and was sold at $1. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- It is artificially held TOGETHER by the social mechanism. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Refrigerating salts and mixtures are used to produce cold artificially. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
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