animally

American

[an-uh-muh-lee] / ˈæn ə mə li /

adverb

physically.

Etymology

Origin of animally

First recorded in 1590–1600; animal + -ly

Example Sentences

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Furnished with neither combining intellect nor transmuting sensibility, they have no vision for aught but the proximate and immediate and the animally necessary.

From Project Gutenberg

I speak not only of those who are animally happy.

From Project Gutenberg

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