Usually means: Sharing electrons to form molecules.
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We found 11 dictionaries that define the word covalently:

General (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. covalently: Merriam-Webster
  2. covalently: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. covalently: Collins English Dictionary
  4. covalently: Wordnik
  5. covalently: Wiktionary
  6. covalently: Dictionary.com
  7. Covalently: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. covalently: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. covalently: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. covalently: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. covalently: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (covalently)

▸ adverb:  Using covalent bonds.

Similar:
monocovalently, nucleophilically, interatomically, conjugately, bindingly, coulombically, electronegatively, cohesively, coherently, cationically, more...

Opposite:
ionic

Types:
aromatic, aliphatic, more...

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Similar:
monocovalently, nucleophilically, interatomically, conjugately, bindingly, coulombically, electronegatively, cohesively, coherently, cationically, more...

Opposite:
ionic

Types:
aromatic, aliphatic, more...



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