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observationally

observationally adverb: in an observational way.

Adverb

observationally (comparative more observationally, superlative most observationally)

  1. In an observational way.
    • However, before most of this was experimentally and observationally discovered, they were perhaps best known for their “almost unique” ability to squirt ink when harangued, creating a smokescreen before jetting off to safety.2017 August 9, Mark Carnall, “Why do cephalopods produce ink? And what's ink made of, anyway?”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 15 Mar 2023

Forms of observationally

comparativemore observationally
superlativemost observationally

Origin of observationally

From observational + -ly.

Words formed from observationally

Questions about observationally

What does observationally mean?
Observationally means in an observational way.
What part of speech is observationally?
Observationally is an adverb.

Words near observationally in the dictionary

  1. observational learning
  2. observationalism
  3. observationalist
  4. observationalists
  5. observationality
  6. observationally
  7. observationally stable
  8. observations
  9. observative
  10. observatives
  11. observator

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