adverb

• 1By means of human intervention rather than naturally.

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  • ‘she never wanted to be kept artificially alive with life support’

  1. 1.1In a contrived or false way.
     ‘the presenter tried to artificially create an argument between the two’
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     • ‘artificially low prices’

• 2In an insincere or affected way.

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  • ‘I'm next to him, smiling artificially through my misery’