CLASSICALLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does classically mean? 

• CLASSICALLY (adverb)
  The adverb CLASSICALLY has 1 sense:

1. in the manner of Greek and Roman culture

  Familiarity information: CLASSICALLY used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CLASSICALLY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

In the manner of Greek and Roman culture

Context example:

this exercise develops a classically shaped body

Pertainym:

classical (of or relating to the first significant period of a civilization, culture, area of study, etc.)

 Context examples 

Classically, colorectal cancer (CRC) has been believed to develop from normal mucosa through the premalignant adenoma by the step-wise accumulation of mutations.

(Colorectal Cancer Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/KEGG)

Classically a heart attack is caused by one of five risk factors: diabetes, hypertension, high cholesterol, family history, or smoking.

(Study links psoriasis treatment and improvement in heart artery disease, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Classically, anti-malarial drugs tend to focus on one part of the parasite lifecycle i.e. when people’s blood is infected and they need treatment.

(New way to stop falciparum malaria transmission, SciDev.Net)

Any well-defined collection of genetic material used to identify unknown nucleic acids; classically, a collection of expressed cDNA clones representing the genome of a particular organism, used to identify newly purified genes or mRNAs by hybridization.

(Gene Bank, NIH CRISP Thesaurus)