osmotically
Americanadverb
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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
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
Gamby is disgusted by this touchy-feely nonsense but osmotically learns how to talk through some of his own problems.
From Slate ● Jul. 15, 2016
Water can move osmotically across the lipid bilayer membrane due to the presence of aquaporin water channels.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
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