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quantitatively

[ kwon-ti-tey-tiv-lee ]

adverb

  1. in a way that uses or involves numbers, calculations, measurements, or quantities: Compare qualitatively ( def ).

    We use mathematical models to quantitatively predict our experimental results.

    Bubble oscillation and vessel wall velocity were quantitatively measured.



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Other Words From

  • non·quan·ti·ta·tive·ly adverb

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Word History and Origins

Origin of quantitatively1

First recorded in 1550–60; quantitative ( def ) + -ly ( def )

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Example Sentences

So, the big question remains: Is Berlusconi quantitatively more corrupt than his predecessors?

Zinc sulphide is, indeed, precipitated quantitatively by hydrogen sulphide from the acetate solution.

It is probable that the two cases are only quantitatively different.

It must always be examined quantitatively for the residue left on evaporation.

Some economist ought therefore to give us a treatise in which this property instinct is carefully and quantitatively examined.

Von Hartmann is entirely in the right when he asserts that variability is neither qualitatively nor quantitatively unlimited.

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