In a manner relating to or characteristic of adsorption; the way something adheres to a surface.
From 'adsorptive' + '-ly' adverbial suffix, standard English adverb formation.
When scientists describe how a drug molecule adsorptively binds to a protein's surface rather than entering it, they're explaining why some medicines work by staying on the outside—surface chemistry can be just as powerful.
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