adv. [See prec. and -ICALLY.]
1. In an explosive, eruptive or fiery manner; with sudden violence.
1840. Carlyle, Heroes, iv. (1858), 274. The accumulation of offences is … too literally exploded, blasted asunder volcanically.
1873. Symonds, Grk. Poets, v. 127. The energies … were restrained by the Aeolians within the sphere of individual emotions, ready to burst forth volcanically.
1891. T. Hardy, Tess, xxv. Here, in this apparently … unimpassioned place, novelty had volcanically started up.
2. In respect of a volcano or volcanoes; with regard to volcanic nature.
1886. Daily News, 2 Sept., 4/7. Astronomically, it [the earth] is solid in its relations; volcanically, it is of liquid or plastic character. Ibid. (1892), 26 March, 2/1. Cotopaxi … comports itself, volcanically speaking, in a regular and well-behaved manner.
