Meanings
- not comparableIn a psychological sense.
The new novel is a psychologically complex thriller.
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In good times and bad, in sickness and health, the benefits of friendships between women are physically and psychologically undeniable.
2024 August 4, Terry Ward, “Fragile and complex, female friendships hinge on the three S’s, a new book says”, in CNN, archived from the original on 22 Aug 2024 - not comparableEmploying psychology.
The patient's behaviour was interpreted psychologically.
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The economics of rebuilding all the stations covered by the electrification would be prohibitive, but to help bring home to the Glasgow public that their North Clyde suburban service has been transformed, not merely re-equipped with new trains, stations have at least been associated psychologically with the rolling stock by a common colour scheme.
1960 December 28, “The Glasgow Suburban Electrification is opened”, in Trains Illustrated, page 714
Origin
- Englishpsychology
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Englishpsychological
- Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
- Proto-Germanic*līką
- Englishpsychologically
From psychological + -ly.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan psicològicament
- psicològicamentin a psychological manner
Esperanto anime, psikologie
- animein a psychological manner
- psikologiein a psychological manner
Finnish psykologisesti
- psykologisestiin a psychological manner
French psychologiquement
- psychologiquementin a psychological manner
German psychologisch, seelisch
- psychologischin a psychological manner
- seelischin a psychological manner
Italian psicologicamente
- psicologicamentein a psychological manner
Polish psychologicznie
- psychologiczniein a psychological manner
Portuguese psicologicamente
- psicologicamentein a psychological manner
Russian психологи́чески
- психологи́чески (psixologíčeski)in a psychological manner
Spanish psicológicamente
- psicológicamentein a psychological manner
Turkish psikolojik olarak, psikolojikman
- psikolojik olarakin a psychological manner
- psikolojikmanin a psychological manner
- tinbilimselin a psychological manner
Ukrainian психологі́чно
- психологі́чно (psyxolohíčno)in a psychological manner
Cite this entry
psychologically. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/psychologically
“psychologically.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/psychologically. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “psychologically,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/psychologically.
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