chromatically, adv. Now chiefly in Music.
(krəʊˈmætɪkəlɪ)
[f. prec. + -ly.]
In a chromatic manner.
| 1787 Wolcott (P. Pindar) Ode upon Ode Wks. 1794 I. 401 Most solemn, most chromatically wise! 1854 J. Scoffern in Orr's Circ. Sc. Chem. 81 The central spot is chromatically illuminated. 1863 Possibil. Creation 109 The frontiers of a yellow kingdom on a map are never chromatically invaded or overshadowed by the splendours of the neighbouring blue empire. 1886 G. B. Shaw How to become Mus. Critic (1960) 122 There is nearly always a pedal flowing along, and the other parts are slipping chromatically down to merge in it. 1962 Listener 21 June 1091/1 His [sc. Hindemith's] lucid counter-point and chromatically expanded diatonicism. |