locally, topically
(adverb) to a restricted area of the body; “apply this medicine topically”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
topically (comparative more topically, superlative most topically)
In a topical manner.
(medicine) (Applied) to a localized part of the body.
• 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.
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
10 January 2025
(noun) the act of combining one thing at intervals among other things; “the interspersion of illustrations in the text”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
