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qualitatively

qualitatively adverb: in a qualitative manner.

Adverb

qualitatively (comparative more qualitatively, superlative most qualitatively)

  1. In a qualitative manner.
  2. With respect to quality rather than quantity.
    • You may recall that I made a qualitative post about our level 100 talents a little more than a month ago. Now let’s look at them qualitatively.2014 November 12, Theck, “Paladinning in Warlords of Draenor”, in Sacred Duty
    • Russia “will perceive launches of long-range missiles guided by US military experts as a qualitatively new phase of war by the West,” Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said during a news conference at the summit, according to Russian state media TASS.2014 November 19, Kayla Tausche and Kevin Liptak, “Biden’s major missile reversal complicates potential western diplomatic thaw with Moscow”, in CNN

Antonyms of qualitatively

Forms of qualitatively

comparativemore qualitatively
superlativemost qualitatively

Origin of qualitatively

From qualitative + -ly.

Questions about qualitatively

What does qualitatively mean?
Qualitatively means in a qualitative manner.
What part of speech is qualitatively?
Qualitatively is an adverb.

Words near qualitatively in the dictionary

  1. qualitative analyses
  2. qualitative analysis
  3. qualitative leap
  4. qualitative leaps
  5. qualitative research
  6. qualitatively
  7. qualitativeness
  8. qualitatives
  9. qualitativist
  10. qualitativists
  11. qualitied

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