conceptually
in a way that pertains to concepts, ideas, theories, mental constructs or models, etc.: While web development is easy to describe conceptually, implementation involves an overwhelming array of languages, platforms, and templates.
in a way that pertains to design or creative vision: Your donation page should feel aesthetically and conceptually in line with the rest of your organization's online presence.
Origin of conceptually
1Other words from conceptually
- non·con·cep·tu·al·ly, adverb
- un·con·cep·tu·al·ly, adverb
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How to use conceptually in a sentence
The project is in the conceptual design stage, but with proper funding could begin surveying the sky around the middle of the decade.
The Arecibo Observatory collapsed this week. What now? | Charlie Wood | December 4, 2020 | Popular-ScienceA purpose of this book is to warn Americans and their partners against making the same conceptual mistakes in Africa that they did during wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Vietnam.
A former ambassador says the US needs to reimagine its engagement with a modern Nigeria | John Campbell | December 3, 2020 | QuartzThis led all early work on thermodynamics to be based on systems in a conceptual box.
He criticized Newton’s “conceptual monstrosity of absolute space”—the idea of space as a thing unto itself.
When Einstein Tilted at Windmills - Issue 93: Forerunners | Amanda Gefter | November 18, 2020 | NautilusWhile the work is still early, Wolf sees their work as an important conceptual breakthrough in getting unsupervised learning to work for visual-language models.
This could lead to the next big breakthrough in common sense AI | Karen Hao | November 6, 2020 | MIT Technology Review
conceptually, the “Angel of Death” was a cultural mainstay in continental Europe and the British Isles by the late Middle Ages.
Ebola Rages in West Africa, Reigniting Humanity’s Oldest Fear: The Plague | Scott Bixby | August 4, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIn France, he frequented the Surrealists, conceptually drawing from their principles of visual subversion.
Instead, busing was a failure—conceptually and substantively—because of faulty liberal assumptions.
When America Said "No" to the War on Segregation | Jamelle Bouie | February 4, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST“With Bar Ama, what I wanted to do, conceptually, was to take the ideas around Tex-Mex and make them my own,” he said.
He says the project is not about the end product itself, but about breaking another boundary, conceptually.
David Datuna Creates Google Glass Art for Art Basel Miami Beach | Debra A. Klein | December 4, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTWhatever a dozen men may agree on conceptually, will be differently thought of by any one woman.
Criminal Psychology | Hans GrossAny concept can comprehend conceptually only one object, not another object together with this.
Anarchism | Paul EltzbacherThe aggregate of similar experiences, hence of experiences conceptually generalized, we shall call things.
Natural Philosophy | Wilhelm OstwaldWe need not regard them conceptually as unchangeable or irreplaceable.
Natural Philosophy | Wilhelm OstwaldThat is, it is felt as repeated and conceptually comprehended.
Natural Philosophy | Wilhelm Ostwald
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