microscopically

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adverb

In a microscopic manner.

OriginProto-Germanic *līką ← Proto-Indo-European *leyg- ← English microscopic →
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Meanings

adverbmicroscopically (comparative more microscopically, superlative most microscopically)

comparative more microscopically · superlative most microscopically

  1. In a microscopic manner.

    Mr. Bowerbank […] has had the kindness to examine the specimens for me microscopically.

    1846, Proceedings of the Geological Society of London: November 1826 to June 1833, volume 4, page 571
  2. To a microscopic extent.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*mey-der.?
  2. Ancient Greekμῑκρός (mīkrós)
  3. Proto-Indo-European*speḱ-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*spéḱyeti
  5. Proto-Hellenic*sképt͏̌omai
  6. Ancient Greekσκέπτομαι (sképtomai)
  7. Ancient Greekσκοπός (skopós)
  8. Ancient Greekσκοπέω (skopéō)
  9. Latinmīcroscopium
  10. Italianmicroscopio
  11. Englishmicroscope
  12. Englishmicroscopic
  13. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  15. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  16. Proto-Germanic*līką
  17. Englishmicroscopically

From microscopic + -ally.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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