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How to use academically in a sentence

10 example sentences · adverb

Academically means in an academic style or way; from an academic perspective. Example: “Academically, the football team is counter-productive.”

Examples of academically by meaning

adverbIn an academic style or way; from an academic perspective.

  • academically disadvantaged demographic group
  • Academically, the football team is counter-productive.

More sentences with academically

  • An examless, gradeless school would have a better social climate; perhaps some would benefit academically.1972, W. G. Fleming, Ontario's Educative Society, volume 3, page 558. From the entry utopia
  • We have to hate each other academically.2020 May 8, Sean O'Connor, “The Lavatic Reactor” (7:45 from the start), in Solar Opposites, season 1, episode 5, spoken by Yumyulack (Sean…. From the entry brotherness
  • The IB is widely regarded as being an academically challenging, broader-based option than A-levels in three or perhaps four specific subjects.2006 November 30, Alexandra Smith, “Johnson unveils exam reform plans”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 24 Aug 2025. From the entry IB
  • He went first to Soho Academy, and as a home boarder at Westminster School he distinguished himself academically.2003, Elizabeth R. Lambert, Edmund Burke of Beaconsfield, page 93. From the entry home boarder
  • "The aim of these dolls is to revert the stereotype that women are numerophobic, computer-illiterate and academically challenged," wrote the anonymous Internet user.2014, Jane Cafarella, A New Life Journal, Author Solutions, →ISBN, page 206. From the entry numerophobic
  • In short: A bold but academically challenged German undresses an unconscious Valkyrie, and finds it a whole lot scarier than killing a singing dragon.2001, Robert Thicknesse, Simon Key, The Times Opera Notes: An Accessible Yet Scholarly Guide to Over 90 Major Operas, page 153. From the entry the family that sleeps together keeps together
  • I enjoyed the farm on weekends during the school year and was very good academically at school and mediumly good in sports.1979, Alfred Baker Lewis, A Political Odyssey, Alone and Together: Memoirs, page 16. From the entry mediumly
  • The conclusion from the survey of the literature was that there was not evidence that grade retention was more useful than grade promotion for academically or adaptionally - troubled students.1974, California Journal of Educational Research. From the entry adaptionally

Meaning of academically

  1. adverb In an academic style or way; from an academic perspective.

Full definition of academically

Questions about academically in a sentence

How do you use academically in a sentence?
Academically is used as an adverb. For example: “Academically, the football team is counter-productive.”
What is a short sentence with academically?
“academically disadvantaged demographic group”
What does academically mean?
Academically means in an academic style or way; from an academic perspective.

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