physically

English

Etymology

From physic +‎ -ally or physical +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɪzɪkli/

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Adverb

physically (comparative more physically, superlative most physically)

1. In a physical manner.
   • 1952, Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man, Penguin Books (2014), page 236:

     “And whatʼs more,” the voice went on triumphantly, “the patient is both physically and neurally whole.”

   • 2007, Curious George:

     Oh, yeah? Well, that's not physically possible for me to do! So there!

2. According to the laws of physics.
3. Using physical force.
4. (obsolete) According to the rules of medicine.

Derived terms

• physically challenged
• physically unclonable function

 

Translations

in a physical manner

• Armenian: ֆիզիկապես (hy) (fizikapes), ֆիզիկորեն (hy) (fizikoren)
• Catalan: físicament (ca)
• Dutch: lichamelijk (nl)
• Esperanto: fizike
• Estonian: füüsiliselt (et)
• Finnish: fyysisesti (fi)
• French: physiquement (fr)
• Galician: fisicamente (gl)
• German: physisch (de)
• Hungarian: fizikailag (hu)
• Interlingua: physicamente
• Latvian: fiziski
• Occitan: fisicament (oc)
• Old English: līchamlīċe
• Polish: fizycznie (pl)
• Portuguese: fisicamente (pt)
• Russian: физи́чески (ru) (fizíčeski)
• Spanish: físicamente (es)
• Swedish: fysiskt (sv)

according to the laws of physics.

• Armenian: ֆիզիկորեն (hy) (fizikoren)
• Catalan: físicament (ca)
• Estonian: füüsikaliselt
• Finnish: fysiikan lakien mukaan, fysikaalisesti (fi)
• Galician: fisicamente (gl)
• German: physikalisch (de)
• Polish: fizycznie (pl)
• Russian: физи́чески (ru) (fizíčeski)

using physical force.

• Catalan: físicament (ca)
• Estonian: füüsiliselt (et)
• Finnish: fyysisesti (fi)
• Galician: fisicamente (gl)
• Polish: fizycznie (pl)
• Russian: физи́чески (ru) (fizíčeski)