Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In pathology, with reference to the structure of an organ: opposed to functionally.
- With derivation from organic or organized matter: as, organically derived detrital rocks.
- In an organic manner; by or with organs; with reference to organic structure or disposition of parts; by or through organization.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In an organic manner; by means of organs or with reference to organic functions; hence, fundamentally.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb In an
organic manner. - adverb In the manner of a living
organism . - adverb As part of an
organized whole. - adverb
Inherently ,naturally orconstitutionally . - adverb From, or using organic matter.
- adverb With regard to organic husbandry.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb as an important constituent
- adverb involving carbon compounds
- adverb in an organic manner
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Examples
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In contrast to Anna Freud, who located the origins of defenses in the sexual conflicts of a child, Vaillant sees adaptations as arising organically from the pain of experience and playing out through the whole lifespan.
What Makes Us Happy? 2009
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Q: Your protagonist Emma Streat is feisty and opinionated, yet her motivations are always authentic and come organically from the story.
Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » AUTHOR INTERVIEW: Eugenia Lovett West, part 2 2010
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Was any of this the result of conscious choice, or did it just arise organically from the story at hand?
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Buying small startup and growing them organically is not going to do it.
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As De Soto has pointed out, the elites of most Lation American countries adopted the constitutions, government forms and other US institutions when they gained independence, but very similar institutions existing in very different cultures produced very different results, because the institutions didn't grow organically from the culture, they were foreign institutions grafted onto the culture.
Culture and Prosperity, Again, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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In contrast to Anna Freud, who located the origins of defenses in the sexual conflicts of a child, Vaillant sees adaptations as arising organically from the pain of experience and playing out through the whole lifespan.
What Makes Us Happy? 2009
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This will happen organically from the main points you wanted to ensure got included in your post.
How To Write Relentlessly Focused – and Still Say Everything You Want To | Write to Done 2010
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It was just indescribable, incredible concentrated learning experience with kindred spirits, sprouting organically from the soil of those shared practices.
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The filmmakers 'brilliance is devising a new style perfectly suited to and growing organically from the physique and limitations of a panda.
June 8th, 2008 frankwu 2008
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Some stuff was always intended, and some things have grown organically from the creative process -- which is partly what makes it so much fun.
Fat Arse Writer Syndrome karenmiller 2008
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