Observationally

adv

adv ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    In an observational way.

    "However, before most of this was experimentally and observationally discovered, they were perhaps best known for their “almost unique” ability to squirt ink when harangued, creating a smokescreen before jetting off to safety."

Example

More examples

"We live in a very special time: The only time we can observationally verify that we live in a very special time!"

Etymology

From observational + -ly.

Related phrases

observationally stable

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