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osmotically

American  
[ahz-mah-tik-lee] / ɑzˈmɑ tɪk li /

adverb

  1. Physical Chemistry. regarding or through the process of osmosis.


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Even those with scant interest in classical music or dance will be osmotically familiar with Tchaikovsky’s 1892 Christmas ballet, with its hit-filled score and Sugarplum Fairy.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 18, 2025

Freshwater is osmotically neutral compared with their body fluids.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022

We all just osmotically absorb the awareness that vigilance is compulsory and vulnerability is inevitable.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 2, 2020

Yet he’s too often regarded as a tough guy, a poseur Mafia don who’s osmotically absorbed too many gangster movies.

From Salon ● Oct. 15, 2019

I was fortunate: I received my charmducation osmotically, effortlessly, courtesy of Gerald the model.

From Slate ● Mar. 22, 2015

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