Definition of Hypothetically

1. Adverb. By hypothesis.

Partainyms: Hypothetical

Definition of Hypothetically

1. Adverb. In a hypothetical way; as a hypothesis. ¹

2. Adverb. (non-gloss definition Used to introduce a proposition to discussion without commitment to its truth) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Hypothetically

1. [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hypothetically

hypothesises
hypothesising
hypothesize
hypothesized
hypothesizer
hypothesizers
hypothesizes
hypothesizing
hypothetic
hypothetical
hypothetical creature
hypothetical imperative
hypothetical mean organism
hypothetical mean strain
hypothetical taxonomic unit
hypothetically
hypotheticals
hypothetick
hypothetist
hypothetists
hypothrombinaemia
hypothrombinemia
hypothromboplastinaemia
hypothymia
hypothymic
hypothymism
hypothyroid
hypothyroid dwarf
hypothyroid dwarfism
hypothyroid infantilism

Literary usage of Hypothetically

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopædia of Pleading and Practice: Under the Codes and Practice Acts by William Mark McKinney, Thomas Johnson Michie (1897)
"The facts upon which his opinion is asked should be put to him hypothetically. The judge refused to allow this question " for the reason that, ..."

2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1899)
"The Oligocène bears are traced back to animals related to Cynodon in the Upper Eocene and hypothetically to ..."

3. A Treatise on Criminal Pleading and Practice by Francis Wharton (1889)
"... or may give to the counsel on the other side full rights to reply at the close.1 And while counsel, in opening, may refer hypothetically to points that ..."

4. Lectures on the Moral Government of God by Nathaniel William Taylor (1859)
"Question stated hypothetically.—Three suppositions.—Vindications of the propriety of arguing from the purposes of man to the purposes of God. ..."

5. Cases on Procedure, Annotated: Code Pleading by Edson Read Sunderland (1913)
"... AND Hypothetically. THOMPSON v. READ. Supreme Court of New York, Trial Term. 1909. 63 Miscellaneous, 236. ..."

6. The Medical Jurisprudence of Insanity by John Hutton Balfour Browne (1875)
"Questions which may not be Put Directly may be Put Hypothetically.—Another device to effect the same purpose has been put in practice. ..."

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