organically

[ awr-gan-ik-lee ]

adverb

1. in an organic manner.
2. by or with organs.
3. with reference to organic structure.

Other Words From

• hyper·or·gani·cal·ly adverb
• nonor·gani·cal·ly adverb
• preor·gani·cal·ly adverb
• pseudo·or·gani·cal·ly adverb
• quasi-or·gani·cal·ly adverb
• semi·or·gani·cal·ly adverb
• subor·gani·cal·ly adverb
• unor·gani·cal·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of organically¹

First recorded in 1675–85; organic + -al ¹ + -ly

Example Sentences

The other way is “bottom-up,” which is where trends emerge organically in culture—like when the cool kids in a particular city start wearing a new style that then catches on in other social groups and geographic locations.

From Popular-Science

If you’re already ahead of the game, you can link location-specific keywords, thereby organically improving your website’s visibility for local search.

From Search Engine Watch

Retailers that want their items to show up organically must upload product feeds within Google Merchant Center.

From Search Engine Land

Yes, we need to put money in people’s pockets, but better to do it organically, not simply by fiat—better to do it, in other words, by restoring the entire ecosystem, by rebuilding the middle class.

From MIT Technology Review

If you don’t have content on your site that ranks, it’s much less likely your brand will grow organically, because it’ll be difficult for potential clients and customers to find you in the first place, let alone trust you.

From Search Engine Land

But organically their professional lives have come together.

From The Daily Beast

All of these rules grew organically from the community rather than being dictated downward by a cen­tral authority.

From The Daily Beast

The relationships between the characters have evolved almost organically, certainly gradually.

From The Daily Beast

But, in truth, some of my favorite books are novellas so I suppose my work evolves organically in a similar way.

From The Daily Beast

What happened to the gathering over the years is common to a lot of organically grown festivals.

From The Daily Beast

In other ways much may be fish which cometh to his net; but he is, organically, of a philanthropic turn of mind.

From Project Gutenberg

Perhaps he was organically of that cheerful and easy nature, which is content to enjoy the present, and not brood over the past.

From Project Gutenberg

Are not all things therein organically formed to produce the things which the love wills and the understanding thinks?

From Project Gutenberg

We strove to become what organically we felt the "Human with his drippings of warm tears" may become.

From Project Gutenberg

The Organically derived class comprises a number of the most important and useful rock-masses.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• naturally