Physically
['fɪzɪkəllɪ] or ['fɪzɪkli]
Definition
(adv.) in accord with physical laws; 'it is physically impossible'.
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Definition
(adv.) In a physical manner; according to the laws of nature or physics; by physical force; not morally.
(adv.) According to the rules of medicine.
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Examples
- Physically, she far excelled me: she was handsome; she was vigorous. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- I mean as regarding Caliphronas; he is physically perfect, thoroughly healthful, and yet you can hardly call him intellectual. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- To be morally graceful, not less than physically, is a part of the character of Rigaud Blandois. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- I am fearless, physically; I am never nervous about danger. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Or as the physically and mentally unfit. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- He was a man of little culture, but with a considerable amount of rude strength, both physically and mentally. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- One ought to wrestle and strive and be physically close. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- He says he wants the demon part of himself to be mated--physically--not the human being. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- She was not physically strong, and after a little time said, Slower! Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Beliefs and aspirations cannot be physically extracted and inserted. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- She seemed to gravitate physically towards him. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Physically Mr. Bulstrode did not want the vinegar, but morally the affectionate attention soothed him. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- He felt that his MIND needed acute stimulation, before he could be physically roused. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- He lacks at birth and for a long time thereafter power to make his way physically, to make his own living. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- The old and physically disabled furnished a good portion of these. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- He wants me to declare and prove that I love him; and the thing is physically impossible. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Many of the noblest specimens of the human race have been among the weakest physically. Plato. The Republic.
- He is physically controlled by his own organic state. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- And yet he felt that the girl was physically aware of his proximity. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Things can be physically transported in space; they may be bodily conveyed. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- I'll wash my hands of Mr Dolls physically--' said Eugene, 'and be with you again directly, Mortimer. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- But even physically she was not afraid of him. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Recruits come from time to time, but I admit none but those who are physically perfect and passably moral. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Well then, he proceeded, how do you feel physically? Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- It might be physically controlled, but it would not be socially directed. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- The daily life of that time was going on at a very low level indeed physically, intellectually, and morally. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- My people here are physically perfect; their morality is much above what is to be found in the islands of the ?gean. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- I bump into a stone, and kick it to one side purely physically. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- The aristocracy are decidedly a very superior class, you know, both physically, and morally, and mentally; as a high Tory I acknowledge that. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- He is physically weak and not able to turn the strength which he possesses to coping with the physical environment. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
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