What is another word for empirically?

Pronunciation: [ɛmpˈɪɹɪkli] (IPA)

Empirically is an adverb that is commonly used to describe something that is based on experience or experimentation rather than theory or speculation. Synonyms for empirically include practically, experimentally, realistically, experientially, tangibly, and factually. These words convey the same meaning as empirically and can be used interchangeably in different contexts. For example, "the hypothesis was tested empirically" can be rewritten as "the hypothesis was tested practically" or "the hypothesis was tested experimentally." These synonyms allow writers and speakers to vary their language and avoid repetition, making their message more interesting and engaging.

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What are the opposite words for empirically?

Empirically is a term used to describe things that are based on practical experience, observation or experiment, rather than on theory or speculation. The antonyms of empirically include theoretically, speculatively, abstractly and hypothetically. Theoretical concepts are based on hypothetical or abstract thinking and have no practical application in the real world. Speculative thinking involves forming theories without actual evidence or proof. Abstract thinking involves thinking about concepts that are not related to specific instances, while hypothetical thinking means thinking about things that are based on assumptions rather than reality. Thus, the antonyms of empirically denote ways of thinking or reasoning that are not based on practical experience, observation, or experiment.

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Usage examples for Empirically

He experimented empirically in psychology, interesting himself in the processes of his own mind.
"George Du Maurier, the Satirist of the Victorians"
T. Martin Wood
The idea that they can be empirically marked out and investigated seems to imply this.
"John Dewey's logical theory"
Delton Thomas Howard
He takes the biological situation literally, as a fact empirically given, and to be accepted without criticism.
"John Dewey's logical theory"
Delton Thomas Howard

Famous quotes with Empirically

  • What Romantic terminology called genius or talent or inspiration is nothing other than finding the right road empirically, following one's nose, taking shortcuts.
    Italo Calvino
  • The lyrics are constructed as empirically as the music. I don't set out to say anything very important.
    Brian Eno
  • Sometimes the reader will decide something else than the author's intent; this is certainly true of attempts to empirically decipher reality.
    John M. Ford
  • Actually, today I had to defend the Bush Administration in France again. They refuse to accept, because of their political ideology, that he has actually done more than any American President for Africa. But it's empirically so.
    Bob Geldof
  • A discrete series is a series of terms each of which is empirically derived, each one of which is empirically true. And this is the reason for the fragmentary character of those poems.
    George Oppen

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