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. (informal) Directly, rather than automatically or similar.

   After the software updated, I had to go in and physically change all the settings back to the way I wanted them.

5. (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)