In a manner relating to or affecting atoms; at the atomic level.
From atomical (or atomic) + -ly (adverb-forming suffix). Formed to create the adverbial form describing actions or properties occurring at the atomic scale.
When scientists say something happens 'atomically,' they mean at the tiniest scale imaginable—it's like saying 'think of the smallest possible unit and then think smaller.'
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