hygroˈscopical, a.
[f. as prec. + -al1.]
= prec. Hence hygroˈscopically adv.
| 1775 Ash, Hygroscopical, belonging to the hygroscope. 1796 Hutton Math. Dict. I. 614/1 A series of Hygroscopical observations. 1818 H. T. Colebrooke, Hygroscopically (F. Hall). 1869 E. A. Parkes Pract. Hygiene (ed. 3) 407 This property of hygroscopically absorbing water. |