Artificially

Artificially
Artificially Ar`ti*fi"cial*ly, adv. 1. In an artificial manner; by art, or skill and contrivance, not by nature. [1913 Webster]

2. Ingeniously; skillfully. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

The spider's web, finely and artificially wrought. --Tillotson. [1913 Webster]

3. Craftily; artfully. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

Sharp dissembled so artificially. --Bp. Burnet. [1913 Webster]


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