qualitatively

[ kwol-i-tey-tiv-lee ]

adverb
  1. in a way that has to do with the characteristics, properties, or attributes of someone or something:This deal has the potential to usher in a qualitatively different relationship, one not of buyer and seller but of coproducers.The study suggests that brain white matter may be qualitatively altered in schizophrenia.: Compare quantitatively.

Origin of qualitatively

1
First recorded in 1620–30; qualitative + -ly

Other words from qualitatively

  • non·qual·i·ta·tive·ly, adverb

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