antiseptically
Americanadverb
Etymology
Origin of antiseptically
First recorded in 1880–85; antiseptic + -al 1 + -ly
Example Sentences
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The final installment of 600 Highwaymen’s pandemic triptych takes place in an antiseptically corporate room on the top floor of the New York Public Library’s Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library, on Fifth Avenue in Midtown Manhattan.
From New York Times • Jan. 13, 2023
Genuine emotion sneaks into the antiseptically cheery pink hospital room smartly designed by Lauren Helpern.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 15, 2017
“I don’t think they fully appreciated the intensity of the reaction because they were looking at it somewhat antiseptically — did anyone break the law? No, well, okay,” Cheh said.
From Washington Post • May 21, 2017
In each episode a handful of songs receive similar treatment: antiseptically elated, heavily doctored recordings, with no line between the truly affecting and the genuinely off-putting.
From New York Times • Apr. 10, 2010
In more than one case this operation has been attended by wound of peritoneum and subsequent escape of intestines through the wound, even when dressed antiseptically and performed under spray.
From A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners by Bell, Joseph
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