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therapeutically

therapeutically

2 6.0
In a way that helps to treat illness or injury
  • adverb
  • /ˌθɛrəˈpjuːtɪkli/
  • Specialized
: terapéuticamente
  • Further, while some psychologists may use these measures therapeutically, that was not the purpose of this study.
  • used therapeutically

But for those people who are using ketogenic diets therapeutically and have this response, things get a little bit trickier.

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Examples

  • Given that each individual's journey is unique, determining whether these actions are therapeutically advisable at this time requires a counselor's skills.

    Academic text (2011)
  • And afterwards, I think it would be therapeutically useful if you report to me everything that happened.

  • Structured stories are narratives that target a specific skill to help clients therapeutically discuss problems and individualize possible solutions.

    Academic text (2002)
  • Millions of suffering medical patients are legally benefiting therapeutically from utilizing medical marijuana as their medicine.

    Blog text (28)
  • Thus, simply having a nonjudgmental, empathetic, safe place for parents to process their fears, stresses, and challenges could be therapeutically beneficial to parents.

    Academic text (2018)
  • The new drug was developed to be used therapeutically for patients with chronic pain.

  • Yoga can be practiced therapeutically to help relieve stress and improve wellbeing.

  • Therapeutically, the treatment has shown significant improvements in patients' recovery times.

Synonyms

medically
vstherapeutically
78 3.5

In a way that involves doctors or hospitals

focuses on treating or curing illness rather than clinical or procedural context
medicinally
vstherapeutically
1 5.3

In a way that helps heal or treat illness

is focused on treating or curing illness rather than just having medical association

Antonyms

In a way that harms people or things

1 4.3

In a way that causes damage or hurts others

How Therapeutic

therapeutically
  • Specialized
2 6.0
medically
78 3.5
harmfully
1 4.3

Surface Forms

therapeutically positive

Morphology

therapeutically = therapeutic (transparent) = therapeutic + ally

Formed by adding a standard adverbial suffix to the adjective 'therapeutic', so the meaning is directly derived.

Etymology

Therapeutically comes from the Greek root therapeu- meaning 'to care for' or 'to heal', and it is the same root as the common word therapy. So, to do something therapeutically is to do it in a way that 'helps heal' or 'treats' a problem.