TOPICALLY

locally, topically

(adverb) to a restricted area of the body; “apply this medicine topically”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adverb

topically (comparative more topically, superlative most topically)

In a topical manner.

(medicine) (Applied) to a localized part of the body.

Anagrams

• allotypic, optically

Source: Wiktionary


Top"ic*al*ly, adv.

Definition: In a topical manner; with application to, or limitation of, a particular place or topic.

TOPICAL

Top"ic*al, a. Etym: [Cf. F. topique, LL. topicus, Gr. Topic, n.]

1. Of or pertaining to a place; limited; logical application; as, a topical remedy; a topical claim or privilege.

2. (Rhet. & logic)

Definition: Pertaining to, or consisting of, a topic or topics; according to topics.

3. Resembling a topic, or general maxim; hence, not demonstrative, but merely probable, as an argument. Evidences of fact can be no more than topical and probable. Sir M. Hale.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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APPROXIMATE

(adjective) not quite exact or correct; “the approximate time was 10 o’clock”; “a rough guess”; “a ballpark estimate”


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