graphically

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Thân thiện

Definition

1. Adverb:
   • In a vivid, detailed, and impactful visual manner: Describes something presented or described with strong visual imagery, often creating a clear and sometimes shocking mental picture.
   • In a way relating to or using graphics, diagrams, or visual representation: Describes something done using visual elements like charts, drawings, or computer graphics.

Examples of Usage

• Adverb:
  • The documentary graphically depicted the effects of the famine. (It showed the effects in a stark, vivid, and detailed visual manner.)
  • The data was presented graphically using charts and infographics. (The data was shown using visual diagrams.)
  • She described the accident so graphically that I could picture it perfectly. (Her description was very vivid and detailed.)

Advanced Usage

• "to illustrate something graphically": to show or explain something using visual diagrams or charts.
  • The relationship between temperature and pressure is illustrated graphically in Figure 3.
• "graphically violent/explicit": containing very vivid and realistic depictions of violence or explicit content.
  • The film was criticized for being graphically violent.

Variants and Related Words

• Graphic (adj): 1. Vivid and detailed, especially in a visual way. 2. Relating to visual art or computer graphics.
  • The novel contains graphic descriptions of war.
  • She works as a graphic designer.
• Graphical (adj): Often used interchangeably with 'graphic', but more commonly refers to the visual/representational sense (e.g., graphical user interface).
• Diagrammatically (adv): In the form of a diagram; schematically. (A close synonym in the second sense of 'graphically').

Synonyms

• Vividly: In a way that produces powerful feelings or strong, clear images in the mind.
• Visually: In a way that relates to seeing or sight.
• Pictorially: By means of pictures or visual images.

Related Phrases

• Graphic content: Material, especially in media, that contains explicit visual depictions.
  • The website warns users about graphic content.
• Graphic novel: A novel in comic-strip format, telling a story through sequential artwork.

Idioms

• To paint a graphic picture (of something): To describe something in a very vivid and detailed way.
  • The survivor's testimony painted a graphic picture of the disaster.

Học thuật

Adverb

1. in a graphic way
   • he described the event graphically
2. with respect to graphic aspects
   • graphically interesting designs
3. in a diagrammatic manner
   • the landscape unit drawn diagrammatically illustrates the gentle rolling relief, with a peat-filled basin

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