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nutritionally

nutritionally

7 3.4
About how food affects people's health
  • adverb
  • /nuˈtrɪʃənəli/
translation icon : nutricionalmente
  • The most nutritionally vulnerable among the Sukuma were young children, women, and the elderly.
  • nutritionally adequate
  • nutritionally significant

Now the ketogenic diet, a whole food ketogenic diet is one of the healthiest, most nutritionally complete diets that a human being can eat.

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Examples

  • Are students provided with positive reinforcement when they make nutritionally beneficial choices in the cafeteria?

    Academic text (2013)
  • The idea is to create authentic eighteenth-century middle-class French cuisine that is "nutritionally sound and culturally connected."

    Academic text (2005)
  • His dinner, too, was nutritionally inadequate.

  • But you need to make sure it is also nutritionally balanced.

    Blog text (32)
  • In reality, any nutritionally aware modern reader knows that not all calories are equal.

    Academic text (1994)
  • Encouraging students to follow a nutritionally healthy and fit lifestyle should be the responsibility of all educators.

    Academic text (1997)
  • Wheat and all other grains have absolutely no advantage nutritionally over fruits and vegetables.

    Blog text (22)
  • "When children eat nutritionally devoid foods or skip meals, hunger can get out of control."

    Blog text (11)
  • I had a friend who became vegan; she didn't eat nutritionally balanced meals, and her hair started falling out.

    Blog text (32)
  • Many parents wonder if the meals served at school are nutritionally adequate for their children.

Synonyms

nutritively
vsnutritionally
6.0

In a way that gives the body the food it needs

focuses on nutritional value or effects rather than general nourishment
dietarily
vsnutritionally
6.5

In a way that relates to a person's diet and eating habits

concerns nutritional value or effects rather than eating habits

Surface Forms

nutritionally positive

Morphology

nutritionally = nutritional (transparent) = nutrition + al + ly

Forming an adverb with -ly from the adjective 'nutritional' is a regular, predictable change and preserves the adjective meaning.

Etymology

The word nutritionally comes from the Latin verb nutrire, which means 'to feed'. It shares the same root as nutrition and nurture, so nutritionally means 'in a way that gives nutrients' or 'in terms of nutrition'.