instrumentally
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- adverb
- /ˌɪnstrəˈmɛntəli/
:
instrumentalmente
- A 2 x 2 analysis of variance indicated that raters of both groups preferred and rated the instrumentally oriented consultant as more effective.
- played instrumentally
Examples
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Instrumentally, In the Time of Gods is similarly monotonous or derivative.
Blog text (18) -
[song continues instrumentally]
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Whatever, for whatever reason, but it made me believe that instrumentally performed melody was necessarily devoid of soul, right.
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I really enjoyed the emotions this song was able to convey both lyrically and instrumentally.
Blog text (34) -
The musical education of children and youth has long been about the development of performance skills - be they rendered vocally or instrumentally or expressed by way of movement and dance.
Academic text (2005) -
As others have stated, jazz is instrumentally based and should have a higher percentage of airplay versus vocals.
Blog text (24) -
Have the students work in small groups, and then ask them to perform (instrumentally and vocally) their two-part inventions.
Academic text (1996) -
One important form of art music in the Arabic Middle East is nawba (known by other names, depending upon the country), a suite of movements performed instrumentally or as a vocal composition with instrumental accompaniment.
Academic text (2003) -
The song was beautifully arranged and performed instrumentally, allowing the listeners to appreciate the music without any lyrics.
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During the concert, several pieces were played instrumentally, captivating the audience with the rich sound of the orchestra.
Antonyms
How Instrumental
Surface Forms
Morphology
instrumentally = instrumental (transparent) = instrument + al + ly
Formed from the adjective 'instrumental' by adding the adverbial suffix '-ly'; the relation to musical instruments is literal and straightforward.
Etymology
Instrumentally comes from the word instrument, which means 'tool' or a musical device, so to do something instrumentally is to do it 'by instruments'—for example, a song played with music and no singing.