-ically
advb. ending, f. -ical + -ly2, forming advs. from adjs. in -ical, which are also used as the advs. from the corresponding adjs. in -ic. Thus historic, historical, adv. historically, poetic, poetical, adv. poetically. The adv. is almost always in -ically even when only the adj. in -ic is in current use, as in athletically, hypnotically, phlegmatically, rustically, scenically.