Proximally

Origin

proximal + -ly

Full definition of proximally

Adverb

1. (of causation) Immediately; most directly
• April 19, A horticulturalist might know that scarlet pimpernels always close up before rain without having any idea whether it is increasing moisture levels, or decreasing barometric pressure, or registering loss of light due to stormclouds, ...
  or whatever, that they are proximally responding to.
2. (medicine) In the proximal direction: reverse of distally

Related terms

• proximal
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