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Financially

[fi-nan-shuhl, fahy-] Origin

fi·nan·cial

[fi-nan-shuhl, fahy-]
adjective
1.
pertaining to monetary receipts and expenditures; pertaining or relating to money matters; pecuniary: financial operations.
2.
of or pertaining to those commonly engaged in dealing with money and credit.
noun
3.
financials, financial information or data about a company, as balance sheets and price-earnings ratio.

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Financially is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.

Origin:
1760–70; finance + -ial

fi·nan·cial·ly, adverb
non·fi·nan·cial, adjective
non·fi·nan·cial·ly, adverb
pre·fi·nan·cial, adjective
qua·si-fi·nan·cial, adjective
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qua·si-fi·nan·cial·ly, adverb
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1. Financial, fiscal, monetary, pecuniary refer to matters concerned with money. Financial usually refers to money matters or transactions of some size or importance: a financial wizard. Fiscal is used especially in connection with government funds, or those of any organization: the end of the fiscal year. Monetary relates especially to money as such: a monetary system or standard. Pecuniary refers to money as used in making ordinary payments: a pecuniary obligation or reward.

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financial (fɪˈnænʃəl, faɪ-)
 
adj
1.  of or relating to finance or finances
2.  of or relating to persons who manage money, capital, or credit
3.  informal (Austral), (NZ) having money; in funds
4.  (Austral), (NZ) (of a club member) fully paid-up
 
fi'nancially
 
adv

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financial
1760s, from finance + -al (1). Related: Financially.
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