medicamentally en · ADV
Etymology
From medicament + -ally.
Meanings
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In terms of medicinal properties.
[…]the ſubſtance of gold is indeed invincible by the powerfulleſt action of naturall heat, and that not only alimentally in a ſubſtantiall mutation, but alſo medicamentally in any corporeall converſion;
1646, Thomas Browne, “Compendiously of Sundry Other Common Tenents, Concerning Minerall and Terreous Bodies, Which Examined, Prove Either False or Dubious”, in Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], London: […] T[homas] H[arper] for Edward Dod, […], →OCLC, 2nd book, page 85:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most medicamentally | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more medicamentally | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |