EMPIRICALLY Definition & Meaning

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empirically

[em-pir-ik-lee]

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adverb

in a way that is based on or guided by experience or experiment.
We hope that this study will form the basis for future empirically grounded research and policy analysis.
in a way that is provable or verifiable by experience or experiment.
Can it be stated empirically that the Latino vote was the single biggest factor contributing to the candidate's victory?

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Other 51�Թ� Forms

antiempirically adverb
nonempirically adverb
overempirically adverb
semiempirically adverb
unempirically adverb

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of empirically¹

empirical ( def. ) + -ly

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What do we know empirically about Donald Trump's base of support?

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Even Aristotle, who could be said to have launched literary criticism, set forth the precepts of tragedy by empirically studying the indelible examples of Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides.

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“It is not historically or empirically grounded, as the environmental components of fascism were quite limited.”

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His remit was to “clean up the corruption,” “end the conflicts of interest,” and “return those agencies to their rich tradition of gold standard, empirically based, evidence-based science, evidence-based medicine,” Kennedy said.

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But logically and empirically, the differences between the claims are nugatory.

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empirical formula empiricism

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