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Antonyms for hypothetically


Grammar : Adv
Spell : hahy-puh-thet-i-kuhl
Phonetic Transcription : ˌhaɪ pəˈθɛt ɪ kəl



Definition of hypothetically

Origin :
  • 1580s, from Greek hypothetikos "pertaining to a hypothesis," from hypothesis (see hypothesis). Related: Hypothetically; hypothetic.
  • As in on paper : adv in theory
  • As in presumably : adv likely, reasonably
  • As in conditionally : adv provisionally
  • As in theoretically : adv in theory
Example sentences :
  • Hypothetically considered, the situation was not extraneously alarming.
  • Extract from : « The Shriek » by Charles Somerville
  • But, hypothetically, if it were to happen, what would the reaction be?
  • Extract from : « Tape Jockey » by Tom Leahy
  • Such a moment should at least hypothetically be granted to exist.
  • Extract from : « The Reform of Education » by Giovanni Gentile
  • Hypothetically, that death was due to natural causes—hypothetically!
  • Extract from : « In Jeopardy » by Van Tassel Sutphen
  • The explication of inflection, mechanically and hypothetically: what Bodies have such an inflection.
  • Extract from : « Micrographia » by Robert Hooke
  • If we propose to ourselves any end whatever, the conditions of its attainment are hypothetically necessary.
  • Extract from : « The Critique of Pure Reason » by Immanuel Kant
  • It is from the human standpoint regulative and only hypothetically or formally constitutive.
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 16, Slice 8 » by Various
  • Such being Mr. Spencer's theory, I applied it hypothetically to the above facts in the words which I may here quote.
  • Extract from : « Jellyfish, Starfish, and Sea-Urchins: Being a Research on Primitive Nervous Systems » by G. J. Romanes
  • Some of us at least have made a recreation of his necessity, and still go hunting wild or hypothetically wild animals for food.
  • Extract from : « The World in Chains » by John Mavrogordato
  • He adds, hypothetically, that perhaps the letters received at Dieppe “did somewhat discourage me.”
  • Extract from : « John Knox and the Reformation » by Andrew Lang

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