Meaning & use
tropically
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Meaning
adverbrare
In a way that relates to the tropics or to hot, wet tropical conditions.
Grammar: Usually comes before an adjective: tropically hot. It can also modify a verb: plants that grow tropically.
Patterns
- tropically hot
- tropically warm
- grow tropically
The coast is tropically hot and humid for most of the year.
These ferns grow tropically in warm, wet forests.
The design uses tropically bright colors and large leaves.
Common combinations
- tropically hot
- The greenhouse was tropically hot in the afternoon.
- tropically warm
- The sea stays tropically warm even in winter.
- tropically bright
- The room was painted in tropically bright greens.
Synonyms and how they differ
- equatorially
- Even rarer and more technical; it refers to the equator rather than the tropics.
Opposites
Word family
Commonly confused: tropically or tropically vs. topically?
tropically vs tropically vs. topically
Topically means 'on a subject' or 'on the skin'; tropically means 'in a tropical way'.
Practice
Which sentence uses 'tropically' correctly?
Choose one answer.
The adverb can modify an adjective, as in 'tropically hot'. The other options use it as a verb or in places where an adverb does not fit.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “tropically”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.