Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Relating to or produced by alchemy. Formerly also spelled
alchymic .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or relating to alchemy.
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- adjective
alchemical
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective related to or concerned with alchemy
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Examples
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I've seen Bogdanovich do this show twice before and can attest that it's a kind of alchemic happening in which, for 90-odd minutes, the 'golden age' of Hollywood shines as brightly as if it had ended only yesterday.
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They evidently have thought that I had some kind of alchemic secret, like the philosopher's stone which was designed to turn the baser metals into gold.
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The virtues of stir-frying, Young writes, are many: it makes bounty out of small amounts of meat and oil; it emphasizes healthful vegetables; and most importantly, it creates '"alchemic" flavor out of raw ingredients.
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I've seen Bogdanovich do this show twice before and can attest that it's a kind of alchemic happening in which, for 90-odd minutes, the
GreenCine Daily 2009
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Akin to eye-of-newt and other alchemic substances, it acts as a hypnotizing agent, bewitching the common Muggle to protective service and a general disregard of social protocols.
Kenya (Robinson): The Crying Game Robinson 2012
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The proof of this, paradoxically, is that nobody can find any proof (or their assets) - such is the alchemic cleverness of our Mr. Big.
Eric Dezenhall: Waiting for Lucky Luciano Eric Dezenhall 2010
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Most will be skewed in an alchemic attempt to put the face of success on an unmitigated disaster.
Michael Brenner: Playing God in the Middle East Michael Brenner 2011
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The proof of this, paradoxically, is that nobody can find any proof (or their assets) - such is the alchemic cleverness of our Mr. Big.
Eric Dezenhall: Waiting for Lucky Luciano Eric Dezenhall 2010
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The proof of this, paradoxically, is that nobody can find any proof (or their assets) - such is the alchemic cleverness of our Mr. Big.
Eric Dezenhall: Waiting for Lucky Luciano Eric Dezenhall 2010
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The Obama administration is turning its alchemic powers toward Palestine.
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