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carbolically

adverb

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Wiktionary

adv

Etymology: From carbolic + -ally.

  1. With carbolic acid.

    Personally I had these suspicions at the time, and I took every precaution, by washing my hands carbolically after seeing a patient with a sore throat of any kind […]

    The young minds had first to be emptied, and then carbolically scoured, before they could be filled with The Truth.