scientifically
/ˌsaɪ.ənˈtɪfɪkli/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.45 in modern English
24
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
6
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
Using the scientific method.
adv
adv
adv
From a scientific perspective.
Example Sentences
- "He tried to approach his bad habits scientifically."
- "Redding’s study asked four psychologists with expertise in anxiety and depressive disorders to rate each self-help book on five criteria: how scientifically grounded the book is; whether there are guidelines for self-diagnosis, […]"
- "Scientifically, there's nothing special about the year 2012."
- "I remembered the old doctor, - ‘It would be interesting for science to watch the mental changes of individuals, on the spot.’ I felt I was becoming scientifically interesting."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sek-? Proto-Indo-European *-éyti Proto-Indo-European *skey-der. Latin sciō Latin sciēns Latin -ia Latin scientia Proto-Italic *-fakos Latin -ficus Medieval Latin scientificusder. Middle French scientifiquebor. English scientific Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ly Middle English -ally English -ally English scientifically From scientific + -ally.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˌsaɪ.ənˈtɪfɪkli/
- British English: /ˌsaɪ.ənˈtɪfɪkli/
Inflected Forms
more scientifically (comparative)
most scientifically (superlative)