— chromatically , adv.
/kroh mat"ik, kreuh-/ , adj.
1. pertaining to color or colors.
2. Music.
a. involving a modification of the normal scale by the use of accidentals.
b. progressing by semitones, esp. to a tone having the same letter name, as in C to C sharp.
[ 1590-1600; chromatikós, equiv. to chromat- (see CHROMATO-) + -ikos -IC ]