OPTIMALLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does optimally mean? 

• OPTIMALLY (adverb)
  The adverb OPTIMALLY has 1 sense:

1. in an optimal and most desirable way

  Familiarity information: OPTIMALLY used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OPTIMALLY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

In an optimal and most desirable way

Pertainym:

optimal (most desirable possible under a restriction expressed or implied)

 Context examples 

Lysosomal proteinases or endopeptidases that function optimally at an acidic pH to catalyze the hydrolysis of peptidic bonds.

(Cathepsin, NCI Thesaurus)

A further implication is that Earth might not be optimally habitable—and life elsewhere may enjoy a planet that is even more hospitable than our own.

(Some Exoplanets May Have Greater Variety of Life than Exists on Earth, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

The Breast Cancer Progress Review Group will work with NCI staff in conducting an in-depth evaluation of the current state-of-knowledge regarding this area, survey the literature and related fields of science, and recommend to the NCI, through the National Cancer Advisory Board and the Board of Scientific Advisors, how the Institute can optimally respond to and stimulate research opportunities related to breast cancer including the improvement in detection technologies.

(Breast Cancer Progress Review Group, NCI Thesaurus)