antiseptically
adverb
antiseptically is an adverb meaning “In an antiseptic manner” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled A-N-T-I-S-E-P-T-I-C-A-L-L-Y, and it appears about once in every 95 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does antiseptically mean?
adverb
- 1
In an antiseptic manner.
- 2
Regarding antisepsis.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of antiseptically
- more antiseptically comparative
- most antiseptically superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is antiseptically?
Antiseptically appears about once in every 95 million words in written English, the 313,259th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Antiseptically in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense in an antiseptic manner:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | antissepticamente |
| Spanish | antisépticamente |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does antiseptically come from?
From antiseptic + -ally.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).