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arithmetically en · ADV

Pronunciation

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Etymology

Etymology tree English arithmetical Middle English -ly English -ly English arithmetically From arithmetical + -ly.

Meanings

1. (of the nature of increases or decreases) In a way characterized by addition (of increments) rather than multiplication (by factors) or exponentiation (by exponents): by an arithmetic progression.
   • Over the past decade the business has grown arithmetically, which shows that it is serving a demand successfully; but because it has not grown exponentially, its growth is viewed by some investors as "not good enough."
2. In terms of arithmetic.
   • The two terms are arithmetically equivalent, but they are not equally intuitive regarding what phenomenon they represent in the real world.

Forms

Coordinates

geometrically · exponentially

Relateds

arithmetic · arithmetical

Translations (10)

pl arytmetycznie (In an arithmetic / arithmetical manner) · fi aritmeettisesti (In an arithmetic / arithmetical manner) · sk aritmeticky (In an arithmetic / arithmetical manner) · pt aritmeticamente (In an arithmetic / arithmetical manner) · fr arithmétiquement (In an arithmetic / arithmetical manner) · ca aritmèticament (In an arithmetic / arithmetical manner) · es aritméticamente (In an arithmetic / arithmetical manner) · it aritmeticamente (In an arithmetic / arithmetical manner) · de arithmetisch (In an arithmetic / arithmetical manner) · nl rekenkundig (In an arithmetic / arithmetical manner)