artificially
IPA: ɑrtʌfˈɪʃʌɫi
adverb
- In an artificial manner.
- By or because of human effort.
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Examples of "artificially" in Sentences
- This is what I refer to as artificially constraining legislation.
- They live in artificially lit shanty-arcologies and depend on shipment piracy for survival.
- Hachette has become the latest publisher to announce that it was done with what it calls the artificially depressed e-book prices imposed by Amazon.
- Fossil fuels remain artificially cheap because we don't have to make them; we simply withdraw them from the global account, clean and purify them a bit, and burn them up.
- The metal helmet is her life support and what keeps her dead brain artificially alive by pumping oxygen into it and zapping it with small amounts of electricity to maintain its basic functions.
- If the foreclosure process is halted and lending practices are thoroughly investigated, it might eventually force bankers to own up to their own lawlessness -- and write down billions of dollars in artificially inflated assets.
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