osmotically
Americanadverb
Example Sentences
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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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