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exploratorily

exploratorily adverb: in an exploratory manner.

Adverb

exploratorily (comparative more exploratorily, superlative most exploratorily)

  1. In an exploratory manner.
    • Thereupon his first act was to pass his hand exploratorily over his head, when there came away a mass of hair not smaller than the first quantity.1874, Glasgow and West of Scotland Medical Association, Glasgow Medical Journal, volume 6, page 509
    Synonyms:
    exploratively

Synonyms of exploratorily

Forms of exploratorily

comparativemore exploratorily
superlativemost exploratorily

Origin of exploratorily

From exploratory + -ly.

Questions about exploratorily

What does exploratorily mean?
Exploratorily means in an exploratory manner.
What part of speech is exploratorily?
Exploratorily is an adverb.

Words near exploratorily in the dictionary

  1. exploratively
  2. explorativeness
  3. explorator
  4. exploratoria
  5. exploratories
  6. exploratorily
  7. exploratoriness
  8. exploratorium
  9. exploratoriums
  10. explorators
  11. exploratory

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