"theoretically" meaning in All languages combined

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Adverb [English]

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Etymology: theoretical + -ly Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|theoretical|ly}} theoretical + -ly Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} theoretically (not comparable)
  1. in theory; on paper Tags: not-comparable Translations (in theory): տեսականորեն (tesakanoren) (Armenian), en teoría (Asturian), teorian (Basque), теоретично (teoretično) (Bulgarian), teòricament (Catalan), en teoria (Catalan), 理論上 (Chinese Mandarin), 理论上 (lǐlùn shàng) (Chinese Mandarin), teoreticky (Czech), theoretisch (Dutch), teorie (Esperanto), teoreettisesti (Finnish), théoriquement (French), en théorie (French), teoricamente (Galician), en teoría (Galician), თეორიულად (teoriulad) (Georgian), theoretisch (German), prinzipiell (German), rein gedanklich (German), vom Gedanken her (German), θεωρητικά (theoritiká) (Greek), elméletileg (Hungarian), elvileg (Hungarian), teoretikusan (Hungarian), teoriale (Ido), teoricamente (Italian), in linea teorica (Italian), 理論上 (rironjō) (alt: りろんじょう) (Japanese), teoretisk (Norwegian Bokmål), teoricament (Occitan), teoretycznie (Polish), teoricamente (Portuguese), teoretic (Romanian), teoreticește (Romanian), теорети́чески (teoretíčeski) (Russian), teoreticky (Slovak), teóricamente (Spanish), en teoría (Spanish), teoretiskt (Swedish), теоретично (teoretyčno) (Ukrainian), về lý thuyết (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-theoretically-en-adv-6XXGuhcQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ly Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 81 19 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ly: 88 12 Disambiguation of 'in theory': 94 6
  2. in a theoretical manner Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-theoretically-en-adv-DAM9Vm9-
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: graph-theoretically, number-theoretically, set theoretically, set-theoretically

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