medically

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Proto-Indo-European *med-der.
Latin medeor
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Proto-Indo-European *-ikos
Proto-Italic *-ikos
Latin -icus
Latin medicus
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-
Proto-Indo-European *-is
Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?
Proto-Italic *-ālis
Latin -ālis
Medieval Latin medicālislbor.
French médicalbor.
English medical
Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.
Proto-Germanic *līkąder.
Proto-Germanic *-līkaz
Proto-Germanic *-ê
Proto-Germanic *-līkê
Proto-West Germanic *-līkē
Old English -līċe
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English medically

    From medical + -ly.

    Pronunciation

    • (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ˈmɛd.ɪ.kli/
      • Audio (US, Georgia):(file)
    • (Australia) IPA(key): /ˈmed.ɪ.kli/
    • Hyphenation: med‧i‧cal‧ly

    Adverb

    medically (comparative more medically, superlative most medically)

    1. For medical purposes.
      This drug should be used medically rather than recreationally.
    2. In a medical manner or context.
      medically speaking
      medically challenged

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