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organically

American  
[awr-gan-ik-lee] / ɔrˈgæn ɪk li /

adverb

  1. in an organic manner.

  2. by or with organs.

  3. with reference to organic structure.


Other Word Forms

Etymology

Origin of organically

First recorded in 1675–85; organic + -al 1 + -ly

Example Sentences

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These evolved organically, by joining up public roads.

From BBC Jul. 14, 2026

Obrokta asked Conaway, “Do you want to organically grow this program, which is going to take four or five years…Or do you want to flip the switch?”

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 28, 2026

“They’ve been very successful growing organically — why mess with the model?”

From MarketWatch Jun. 24, 2026

We used that story to show how that song grew on its own organically.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 9, 2026

Perhaps nostalgic for the agency that had boosted her mathematical career, she transferred to Goddard in 1959, the only one of the centers that had been created organically out of NASA.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly

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