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scientifically

UK/ˌsaɪ.ənˈtɪfɪkli/US/ˌsaɪ.ənˈtɪfɪkli/
adverbB2+Common in everyday speech and writing · #8,112 of 15,258neutral

Scientifically means by the methods of careful testing and measurement. Scientifically proven, scientifically tested, scientifically speaking.

Scientifically proven is a phrase to distrust in advertising, since science supports claims rather than proving them outright. Used honestly it points at method: scientifically means somebody controlled for what else might explain it.

Definitions of scientifically

  1. 1adverbscientificallyBy the methods of careful testing and measurement.B2+

    “The claims made for the diet have never been scientifically tested.”

scientifically is a manner.

Where it comes from

  1. Medieval Latin

    scientificus — pertaining to science

  2. Middle French

    scientifique

  3. English

    scientific

  4. English, today

    scientifically

From scientific + -ally. scientific Borrowed from Middle French scientifique, from Medieval Latin scientificus (“pertaining to science”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practise this word

scientifically in the wild

  • The word spectrum was first used scientifically in optics to describe the rainbow of colors in visible light after passing through a prism.

    Spectrum

  • Together with H. henryi, it was only scientifically described in 2008 by Gerald R.

    Hemiscyllium galei

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. These sentences were written by other people about their own subjects; they are here to show the word at work, not as anybody’s opinion.

Related words

the scientifique family

scientific

scientifically — used about once every 3,111 pages · #8,112 · point at the bar for the others