Definition

1. Adverb:
   • In a manner relating to or using photography: Describes an action performed through the medium of photography or in a way characteristic of a photograph.
   • With the precision or detail of a photograph: Describes something done with the exactness, clarity, or realism associated with a photographic image.

Usage Examples

• Adverb:
  • The event was documented photographically. (The event was recorded using the methods of photography.)
  • Her memory of the scene was photographically precise. (Her memory was as sharp and detailed as a photograph.)
  • The artist reproduces urban landscapes photographically. (The artist replicates city scenes with the realism of a photograph.)

Advanced Usage

• "photographically accurate": Extremely precise or true to life, as if captured by a camera.
  • The illustration is photographically accurate in every detail.
• "photographically derived": Originating from or created using photographic processes.
  • The digital texture is photographically derived from real stone.

Variants and Related Words

• Photographic (adjective): Relating to or used in photography.
  • photographic equipment, a photographic memory
• Photograph (noun/verb): A picture made using a camera; to take such a picture.
• Photography (noun): The art, process, or practice of creating photographs.

Synonyms

• With a camera
• In pictures
• With photographic precision

Related Phrases

(Note: As an adverb, "photographically" does not form phrasal verbs. It modifies verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs.) - To capture photographically: To record or represent using photography. - The scientist aimed to capture the phenomenon photographically.

Related Idioms

(Note: There are no common idioms centered on the adverb "photographically.") - A photographic memory: An idiom using the related adjective, meaning the ability to remember things in precise visual detail, as if looking at a photograph.

Adverb

1. by photographic means
   • photographically recorded scenes