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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

visually en · ADV

Pronunciation

  • /ˈvɪʒəli/
  • /ˈvɪzju.əli/
  • /ˈvɪʒu.əli/
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree English visual 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 visually From visual + -ly.

Meanings

  1. By means of sight.
    • He explained that engineers had been able to examine the bridge visually, and had started surveying likely sites for access roads and where to place the heavyweight crawler crane. NR was also ordering the aggregates needed for the access roads. 2020 August 26, “Network News: Mid-September before line reopens, says Network Rail”, in Rail, page 10:
    • The radar's detection was confirmed visually, because seeing is believing.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
most visually Degree=Sup lexicographic
more visually Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Deriveds

visually impaired

Relateds

aurally

Translations (14)

fi visuaalisesti (by means of sight) · sv bildmässigt (by means of sight) · hu vizuálisan (by means of sight) · eo vide (by means of sight) · de optisch (by means of sight) · sv visuellt (by means of sight) · ka ვიზუალურად (by means of sight) · pl wizualnie (by means of sight) · pt visualmente (by means of sight) · es visualmente (by means of sight) · de visuell (by means of sight) · ca visualment (by means of sight) · ka გარეგნულად (by means of sight) · gl visualmente (by means of sight)