holistically

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adverb

In a holistic manner.

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Meanings

adverbholistically (comparative more holistically, superlative most holistically)

comparative more holistically · superlative most holistically · alternative wholistically

  1. In a holistic manner.

    She spoke in a consultant's sound byte fashion, which translates text into your head holistically, calmly, slowly, and full of quotations.

    2020, Emily Segal, Mercury Retrograde, New York: Deluge Books, →ISBN

Origin

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

From holistic + -ally.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

German holitisch
  • holitischin a holistic manner
Italian olisticamente
  • olisticamentein a holistic manner
Russian це́лостно
  • це́лостно (célostno)in a holistic manner
Spanish holísticamente
  • holísticamentein a holistic manner
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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