adv. [f. prec. + -LY2.] In atomistic manner; as composed of distinct atoms.
1874. Watson & Evans, trans. Van Oosterzees Chr. Dogm., II. lxxiv. 400. So little can it [mankind] be atomistically individualised in its sins.
1881. E. Thomas, trans. Langes Materialism, III. 215. Matter whether we conceive it atomistically or as a continuum.