Meanings
adverbphotographically (not comparable)
- not comparableIn a photographic manner.
She's a California woman / Likes to live life photographically / She's a California woman / But alone she's my own down home baby
1977, Eddie Kendricks, “California Woman”, in Slick - not comparableUsing photography.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰéh₂os
- Proto-Hellenic*pʰáwos
- Ancient Greekφᾰ́ος (phắos)
- Ancient Greekφῶς (phôs)
- Ancient Greekφωτο- (phōto-)
- Englishphoto-
- Proto-Indo-European*gerbʰ-
- Proto-Hellenic*grə́pʰō
- Ancient Greekγρᾰ́φω (grắphō)
- Ancient Greekγραφή (graphḗ)
- Englishphoto-
- Ancient Greekγράφω (gráphō)
- Englishphotograph
- Englishphotographic
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
- Proto-Germanic*līką
- Englishphotographically
From photographic + -ally.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan fotogràficament, fotogràficament
- fotogràficamentin a photographic manner
- fotogràficamentusing photography
Portuguese fotograficamente
- fotograficamentein a photographic manner
Spanish fotográficamente
- fotográficamenteusing photography
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Cite this entry
APA
photographically. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/photographically
MLA
“photographically.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/photographically. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “photographically,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/photographically.
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