atmosphere
noun
the gaseous envelope surrounding the earth; the air.
atmospherically
-
a word derived from
atmosphere.
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a word derived from
atmospheric.
Example Sentences
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Oliveros’ deep listening and that of other composers of her environmental ilk, particularly the atmospherically ethereal sound worlds of Annea Lockwood, were made for Ojai.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 10, 2025
The timbers were taken to an atmospherically controlled dry dock where they were sprayed with a mist of cold water, then water-soluble wax, before an air-drying process began.
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2023
I suspect that won't happen until we are shown what it will look and feel like to live on a scorching, ocean-logged, and atmospherically violent planet.
From Salon ● Apr. 4, 2022
Right on cue, their new album offers James MacMillan’s gnarly-to-seraphic Larghetto for Orchestra, atmospherically adapted from his choral “Miserere” for its premiere in Pittsburgh in 2017.
From New York Times ● Oct. 28, 2021
“Kilvin would probably call it an atmospherically activated incendiary action.”
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
