arithmetically
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5.3
- adverb
- /əˈrɪθmətɪkli/
- Specialized
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aritméticamente
- In her math class, she explained how to arrange numbers arithmetically to find the average.
Examples
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Scientists had been trying to spot the decay—which in the arithmetically intense world of particle physics had been correctly predicted to happen to one Bs meson in every 300 million—for well over a decade.
Blog text (30) -
With weight, a sample size or its distribution can be arithmetically altered (Green & Salkind, 2002).
Academic text (2004) -
The committee asked the same X number of questions and each committee member will score arithmetically each candidate on each question.
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Even if you win all the seats in the election, it is arithmetically impossible to win a veto-proof majority in the Senate.
Blog text (7) -
The 5-point scales were transformed arithmetically to range across 7 points.
Academic text (1992) -
The children learned to solve math problems arithmetically using addition and subtraction.
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To determine the total cost, we need to add the prices arithmetically.
Synonyms
39
4.8
In a way that uses numbers and rules to show something is true
Surface Forms
Morphology
arithmetically = arithmetical (transparent) = arithmetic + al + ly
Formed by adding the productive adverbial suffix '-ly' to the adjective 'arithmetical', yielding a straightforward adverbial meaning.
Etymology
Arithmetically comes from the Greek root arithmos, which means 'number', and the ending -ally makes it mean 'in a ... way'. So, to do something arithmetically is to do it 'by calculation' or 'using numbers', which is why it means 'in a manner relating to basic math'.