electrically
adv.in a way that uses or relates to electricity. You use this to describe how a machine is powered or how a signal is sent.
adv.by means of electricity or in a manner relating to electric power. Often describes the method of propulsion, operation, or communication within a system.
“The car is powered electrically.”
“Modern high-speed trains are powered electrically via overhead lines rather than using diesel engines.”
“The researchers monitored how the neurons responded electrically to the stimulus, recording the precise voltage changes across the cell membrane over several milliseconds.”
Typically follows the verb it modifies or the past participle in passive constructions.
“Researchers at Rice University have found that extremely small wrinkles in graphene can alter how the material behaves electrically.”
“The Adamawa Plateau and Cameroon Highlands force that air upward, creating some of the most electrically active thunderstorms on Earth.”
From electric + -ally, electrical + -ly.
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.