organically

[awr-gan-ik-lee]

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adverb

in an organic manner.

by or with organs.

with reference to organic structure.

Origin of organically

First recorded in 1675–85; organic + -al¹ + -ly

Related formshy·per·or·gan·i·cal·ly, adverbnon·or·gan·i·cal·ly, adverbpre·or·gan·i·cal·ly, adverbpseu·do·or·gan·i·cal·ly, adverbqua·si-or·gan·i·cal·ly, adverbsem·i·or·gan·i·cal·ly, adverbsub·or·gan·i·cal·ly, adverbun·or·gan·i·cal·ly, adverb

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Contemporary Examples of organically

But organically their professional lives have come together.
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Kevin Fallon
October 27, 2014
What happened to the gathering over the years is common to a lot of organically grown festivals.
After 30 Years of Growth, the Cowboy Poetry Festival Tries to Keep Its Pioneer Spirit
John L. Smith
February 8, 2014
Adam tended to the garden and he and Eve ate locally sourced, organically grown vegetation.
Diet Like Jesus: What the Bible Says About How to Eat
Candida Moss
October 15, 2013
Their byproduct is used to organically fertilize the food, while the plants naturally clean the fish tanks.
Vertical Indoor Farms Are Growing in the U.S.
Miranda Green
May 7, 2013
It built a big coalition based on a middle class that was organically conservative—but not ideologically right-wing.
Barack Obama’s Herbert Hoover Budget a Political Boon for Republicans
Lloyd Green
April 12, 2013

Historical Examples of organically

The old nations are organically fixed into classes, but America not.
Fantasia of the Unconscious
D. H. Lawrence
Sentimentally I am disposed to harmony; but organically I am incapable of a tune.
Familiar Quotations
John Bartlett
If the liver is organically diseased, Apis is no longer sufficient.
Apis Mellifica
C. W. Wolf
Everything in Nature develops gradually, step by step, and organically.
The League of Nations and its Problems
Lassa Oppenheim
He reads slowly and organically where others read with their eyes.
The Lost Art of Reading
Gerald 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."