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experimentally

experimentally

8 4.4
By testing something to see how it works
  • adverb
  • /ɪkˌspɛrɪˈmɛntəli/
translation icon : experimentalmente
  • The effects of the new treatment were studied experimentally in a controlled environment.
  • experimentally test
  • experimentally determined
  • experimentally manipulated

This value will need to be determined experimentally while you work on your code.

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Examples

  • Our study clearly confirms, experimentally, the potential risk for interspecies oral transmission of the agent of L-BSE.

    Academic text (2012)
  • This value will need to be determined experimentally while you work on your code.

  • So we talked about some of the things that are experimentally observed.

  • However, during the course of these tests, this could not be experimentally confirmed.

  • There is no obvious way to, you know, experimentally verify string theory.

  • Working memory has been utilized experimentally in a number of ways.

    Academic text (2011)
  • OK, now what do we actually know experimentally about what species diversity does to ecosystems?

  • Four of the reviewed studies experimentally tested the effects of performance feedback on OTRs.

    Academic text (2013)
  • One limitation of our study was that word frequency was not experimentally manipulated.

    Academic text (2013)
  • As Eldridge put it last week, Darwin was thinking experimentally, testing predictions.

Synonyms

scientifically
vsexperimentally
86 3.9

In a careful way using tests and evidence to check ideas

is narrower, relying specifically on tests or trials to gather evidence
empirically
vsexperimentally
  • Formal
15 6.0

In a way that uses observation or experience rather than theory

uses controlled tests to produce evidence rather than casual observation

How Experimental

empirically
  • Formal
15 6.0
experimentally
8 4.4
theoretically
119 6.0
traditionally
207 2.9

Surface Forms

experimentally positive

Morphology

experimentally = experimental (transparent) = experiment + al + ly

The adverb is formed by the regular addition of '-ly' to the adjective 'experimental', a productive, transparent process.

Etymology

Experimentally comes from experiment, which comes from the old Latin experiri, meaning 'to try' or 'to test', and the same root is in expert and experience. So, to do something experimentally is to do it by trying and testing to see what works.