horticulturally en · ADV
Etymology
Etymology tree English horticulture English -al English horticultural 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 horticulturally From horticultural + -ly.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) With respect to horticulture.
Ripeness can be trusted. Young women are green. I spoke horticulturally. My metaphor was drawn from fruits.
1895, Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest […] , [Act II]: