organically
[awr-gan-ik-lee]
Origin of organically
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Contemporary Examples
But organically their professional lives have come together.
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October 27, 2014
What happened to the gathering over the years is common to a lot of organically grown festivals.
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February 8, 2014
Adam tended to the garden and he and Eve ate locally sourced, organically grown vegetation.
Their byproduct is used to organically fertilize the food, while the plants naturally clean the fish tanks.
It built a big coalition based on a middle class that was organically conservative—but not ideologically right-wing.
Historical Examples
The old nations are organically fixed into classes, but America not.
Fantasia of the UnconsciousD. H. Lawrence
Sentimentally I am disposed to harmony; but organically I am incapable of a tune.
Familiar QuotationsJohn Bartlett
If the liver is organically diseased, Apis is no longer sufficient.
Apis MellificaC. W. Wolf
Everything in Nature develops gradually, step by step, and organically.
The League of Nations and its ProblemsLassa Oppenheim
He reads slowly and organically where others read with their eyes.
The Lost Art of ReadingGerald Stanley Lee
Word Origin and History for organically
adv.
1680s in reference to bodily organs; 1862 in reference to living beings; 1841 as "as part of an organized whole;" from organic. From 1971 as "without the use of pesticides, etc."
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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper