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empirically
[ em-pir-ik-lee ]
adverb
- in a way that is based on or guided by experience or experiment:
We hope that this study will form the basis for future empirically grounded research and policy analysis.
- in a way that is provable or verifiable by experience or experiment:
Can it be stated empirically that the Latino vote was the single biggest factor contributing to the candidate's victory?
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Other Words From
- an·ti·em·pir·i·cal·ly adverb
- non·em·pir·i·cal·ly adverb
- o·ver·em·pir·i·cal·ly adverb
- sem·i·em·pir·i·cal·ly adverb
- un·em·pir·i·cal·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins
Origin of empirically1
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Example Sentences
The decline of mainline Protestantism has also undermined this sort of prudent, empirically-minded Republicanism.
The claim that consumers and business investors are paralyzed by the state of public finances has never been empirically proved.
The old Italian masters were right in that they relied, even though empirically, on the imitative faculty.
From the old masters we have received a complete record of all that need be known empirically about the voice.
Here again is seen the difference between correct and incorrect singing, empirically considered.
Empirically considered, there is a striking difference between the correct vocal action and any other manner of tone-production.
A fine description of perfect singing, considered empirically, was found to be embodied in the traditional precepts.
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