artificially

B2
US /ˌɑːrtəˈfɪʃəli/
adv Freq #25068

Meanings

  1. 1
    adv

    In an artificial manner.

    The actor spoke his lines artificially, with too much intonation.

  2. 2
    adv

    By or because of human effort.

    The chocolate was flavoured artificially.

  3. 3
    adv

    not according to nature

Etymology

From artificial + -ly.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
3 adv · not according to nature unnaturally
Opposites

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