anatomically
Americanadverb
Example Sentences
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In the Netflix film, Swan demonstrates with calipers on a life-size, anatomically correct male baby doll in a coffee shop to the nervous titters of the participants.
From Slate • Apr. 16, 2026
They eventually diverged, with anatomically modern humans evolving in Africa, and Neanderthals migrating across Eurasia.
From Barron's • Feb. 26, 2026
When someone uses the word “literally” in a fictional movie account of a beloved but anatomically incorrect doll, it’s hard to take literally—except millions do.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 4, 2026
One dives deep into the strained but anatomically accurate neck muscles and sharply delineated collar bones of St. Jerome, shown praying in the bleak wilderness.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 18, 2024
Humans have lived in Africa far longer than anywhere else: our remote ancestors originated there around 7 million years ago, and anatomically modern Homo sapiens may have arisen there since then.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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