-ically

suffix forming adverbs corresponding to adjectives in -ic or -ical (comically; musically; tragically).

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a suffix used to form adverbs from adjectives ending in -ic (terrifically) and -ical (poetically; magically).

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-ically adv sfx

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Main Entry: ↑-ic

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-ically,

suffix. -ic + -ly. Instead of artistic-ly we write artistically; instead of alphabetic-ly we write alphabetically. In speaking, the suffix -ically is ordinarily pronounced in two syllables «-uh klee».

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suffix forming adverbs corresponding to adjectives ending in -ic or -ical (such as tactically corresponding to tactical)

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-ically ; (in adverbs)

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physically

Main entry: ↑-ic_derived

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-ically

advb. ending, f. -ical + -ly², forming advs. from adjs. in -ical, which are also used as the advs. from the corresponding adjs. in -ic. Thus historic, historical, adv. historically, poetic, poetical, adv. poetically. The adv. is almost always in -ically even when only the adj. in -ic is in current use, as in athletically, hypnotically, phlegmatically, rustically, scenically.