instrumently
instrumently adverb: by means of an instrument; instrumentally.
Adverb
instrumently (comparative more instrumently, superlative most instrumently)
- By means of an instrument; instrumentally.
- ... for whereas Aristotle himself presupposeth his Auscultator or Scholar in Physicks to have been already trained up in the Mathematical Sciences (which are indeed instrumently subordinate to natural Philosophy as introductive thereunto) [...]1654, John Webster, Academiarum examen, or the examination of academies
- They do not so interpret "the words of Christ, as if the name of his body did import but the figure of his body ; and to be, were only to signify his blood, They grant that these holy mysteries, received in due manner, do instrumently both make us both partakers of the grace of that body and blood...1821, Richard Hooker, Izaak Walton, The Works of Mr. Richard Hooker
Examples of instrumently in a sentence
- IV, until we obtain at least twenty instrumently-measured sections of it in various parts of middle Pennsylvania.1881, Franklin Platt, The Geology of Blair County - Volume 57 - Page 48:
- The A.B.V and similar devices used often by psychologists to attempt to measure neurotic instability instrumently will have to be validated in general practice.2006, Family Medicine - Page 113
- It is possible to measure the activity of each variable instrumently, as has been done by Cheek (2001) for the knuckles and by Mauk (2003) for the wrist.2006, Louis Goldstein, D. H. Whalen, Catherine T. Best, Laboratory Phonology 8 - Volume 8 - Page 303:
Forms of instrumently
| comparative | more instrumently |
|---|---|
| superlative | most instrumently |
Origin of instrumently
From instrument + -ly.
Questions about instrumently
- What does instrumently mean?
- Instrumently means by means of an instrument; instrumentally.
- How do you use instrumently in a sentence?
- IV, until we obtain at least twenty instrumently-measured sections of it in various parts of middle Pennsylvania.
- What part of speech is instrumently?
- Instrumently is an adverb.
Words near instrumently in the dictionary
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