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
- 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
Synonyms for hypothetically
- abstractly
- apparently
- assumably
- conceivably
- credible
- doubtless
- doubtlessly
- hypothetically
- in a manner
- in a sense
- in all likelihood
- in all probability
- indubitably
- it would seem
- most likely
- on paper
- on the face of it
- presumptively
- probably
- seemingly
- supposedly
- suppositionally
- surely
- tentatively
- theoretically
- unquestionably
- with limitations
- with reservations
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