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experimentally en · ADV

Etymology

Etymology tree English experimental Middle English -ly English -ly English experimentally From experimental + -ly.

Meanings

1. In the manner of an experiment.
   • 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. 2017 August 9, Mark Carnall, “Why do cephalopods produce ink? And what's ink made of, anyway?”, in The Guardian:
   • The end of the 20th century and the start of the new millennium have bore witness to a remarkable revolution in the way parasite/host biological interactions can be conceptually designed and experimentally studied. 2006 February 10, Karl F. Hoffman, Jennifer M. Fitzpatrick, “The Application of DNA Microarrays in the Functional Study of Schisostome/Host Biology”, in W. Evan Secor, Daniel G. Colley, editors, Schistosomiasis, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 101:

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Translations (6)

ca experimentalment (in the manner of an experiment) · nl experimenteel (in the manner of an experiment) · fr expérimentalement (in the manner of an experiment) · pl eksperymentalnie (in the manner of an experiment) · fi kokeellisesti (in the manner of an experiment) · it sperimentalmente (in the manner of an experiment)