"empirically" meaning in All languages combined

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Adverb [English]

Forms: more empirically [comparative], most empirically [superlative]
Etymology: Etymology tree English empiric Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English empirical Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English empirically From empirical + -ly. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|empirical|-ly<id:adverbial>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English empiric Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English empirical Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. 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Head templates: {{en-adv}} empirically (comparative more empirically, superlative most empirically)
  1. Based on experience as opposed to theoretical knowledge. Coordinate_terms: semiempirically Translations (based on experience as opposed to theoretical knowledge): ἐμπειρῐκῶς (empeirĭkôs) (Ancient Greek), empíricament (Catalan), empiricamente (Galician), εμπειρικά (empeiriká) (Greek), empiricamente (Italian), 경험적으로 (gyeongheomjeogeuro) (Korean), aposteriorycznie (Polish), empirycznie (Polish), empiricamente (Portuguese), empíricamente (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-empirically-en-adv-zQPoPAEM Disambiguation of 'based on experience as opposed to theoretical knowledge': 78 22
  2. (sciences) Based on data and evidence gathered in the real world. Coordinate_terms: semiempirically Translations (based on data gathered in the real world): 실험적으로 (silheomjeogeuro) (Korean)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: nonempirically, semiempirically, unempirically Related terms: empiric, empiricism, epistemics, epistemology

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