chromatically

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US/kroʊˈmæt̬.ɪk.li/

adverb

In a chromatic manner.

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Meanings

adverbchromatically (comparative more chromatically, superlative most chromatically)

comparative more chromatically · superlative most chromatically

  1. In a chromatic manner.

    "Let's focus on the ones you can see, if your delicate sensibilities will allow it." Lillihammer leaned on the wall, next to a pair of figures frozen mid-gyration who bore, even in their chromatically-reduced state, a striking resemblance to Chelsea Smits and the late, unlamented Sergey Vanchev.

    2022 October 7, HarryBlank, “A Clean Break”, in SCP Foundation, archived from the original on 25 May 2024

Origin

  1. Englishchromatic
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  4. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  5. Proto-Germanic*līką
  6. Englishchromatically

From chromatic + -ally.

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Cite this entry
APA

chromatically. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chromatically

MLA

“chromatically.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chromatically. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “chromatically,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chromatically.

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