adv. ? Obs. [f. prec. + -LY2.] In an alimental manner; in the way of affording aliment or nourishment; nutritiously.
1633. T. Adams, Comm. 2 Pet. i. 6 (1865), 73. It [drink] servith alimentally for the body’s strength.
1646. Sir T. Browne, Pseud. Ep., 85. The substance of gold is invincible … not only alimentally in a substantiall mutation, but also medicamentally in any corporeall conversion. [Also in mod. Dicts.]
