clinically
/klˈɪnɪkəli/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.39 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
In a clinical manner: dispassionately or analytically.
adv
In the setting of a medical clinic; in a clinical setting; (of a health condition) to a degree high enough to be relevant to clinical practice.
adv
At a person's bedside.
Example Sentences
- "clinically apparent"
- "Hypokalemia may manifest clinically as fatigue and muscle cramping."
- "Mild electrolyte disturbances are usually not clinically apparent, but if they worsen, symptoms begin."
- "Abraham Lincoln was clinically depressed. Some say he was gay. He guest-starred on a “Star Trek” episode and became a vampire slayer."
- "a person baptised clinically"
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- Proto-Indo-European *-éyti Proto-Indo-European *ḱley- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *ḱl̥néyti Proto-Hellenic *klíňňō Ancient Greek κλῑ́νω (klī́nō) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-ā́ Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā) Ancient Greek -η (-ē) Ancient Greek κλῑ́νη (klī́nē) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós) Ancient Greek κλῑνῐκός (klīnĭkós)bor. Late Latin clīnicus French cliniquebor. English clinic English -al English clinical 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 clinically From clinical + -ly.
Inflected Forms
more clinically (comparative)
most clinically (superlative)