adv. [f. prec. + -LY2.] As regards atmosphere or (fig.) surrounding influence.
1832. Liverpool Mercury, 29 June, 3/2. It [cholera] certainly appears to be atmospherically contagious or infectious, but not personally so.
1871. Daily News, 23 Jan., 6/3. To-day, atmospherically, has been dull.
1844. Emerson, Ess., xvi. 210. A man should not go where he cannot carry his whole sphere or circle with himnot bodily but atmospherically.