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instrumentally

instrumentally adverb: by means of an instrument or agency; as means to an end.

Adverb

instrumentally (comparative more instrumentally, superlative most instrumentally)

  1. By means of an instrument or agency; as means to an end
    • They will argue that the end being essentially beneficial, the means become instrumentally so.1760–1765, Edmund Burke, Tracts Relative to the Laws against Popery in Ireland
    • Institutionally based, restrictive relationships, such as those among family members or professional colleagues, must thus be contrasted with instrumentally based, nonrestrictive relationships serving the aims of practical pursuits, such as those between freely practicing experts and their clients...1974, Thomas S. Szasz, chapter 8, in The Myth of Mental Illness, →ISBN, page 144
  2. With musical instruments
    • an instrumentally accompanied song
    • join in instrumentally

Synonyms of instrumentally

Forms of instrumentally

comparativemore instrumentally
superlativemost instrumentally

Origin of instrumentally

From instrumental + -ly.

Questions about instrumentally

What does instrumentally mean?
Instrumentally means by means of an instrument or agency; as means to an end.
What part of speech is instrumentally?
Instrumentally is an adverb.

Words near instrumentally in the dictionary

  1. instrumentalized
  2. instrumentalizer
  3. instrumentalizers
  4. instrumentalizes
  5. instrumentalizing
  6. instrumentally
  7. instrumentalness
  8. instrumentals
  9. instrumentaria
  10. instrumentarial
  11. instrumentarium

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