adv. [f. prec. + -LY2; see -ICALLY.] In a synthetic manner; by or in the way of synthesis (in various senses).
1748. Hartley, Observ. Man, I. iii. 347. The … making of Hypotheses, and arguing from them synthetically.
? 17[?]. Walker (T.). The plan proceeds synthetically from parts to the whole.
1778. Bp. Lowth, Transl. Isaiah, Prelim. Diss. p. xxi. Here the lines … are Synthetically Parallel.
1796. Kirwan, Elem. Min. (ed. 2), I. 160. I tried this result synthetically, and found it to resist fusion at 148°.
1812. Sir H. Davy, Chem. Philos., 182. Crystals of Glauber’s salt may be resolved analytically into Sulphate of Soda and water, or compounded synthetically from these substances.
1873. Hamerton, Th. about Art, xii. 180. In painting on any one part of your picture you are really painting upon, that is, changing the colour of, the whole canvas at once, and unless you do this always synthetically you will never succeed.
1877. E. Caird, Philos. Kant, II. viii. 366. I necessarily represent the manifold as synthetically united in time.
1899. Allbutt’s Syst. Med., VI. 505. Lecithin … as well as nucleins arise synthetically within the tissues of the body.
