"phonetically" meaning in English

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Adverb

IPA: /fəˈnɛtɪkli/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Neøn-phonetically.wav Forms: more phonetically [comparative], most phonetically [superlative]
Etymology: From phonetic + -ally. Etymology templates: {{af|en|phonetic|-ally}} phonetic + -ally Head templates: {{en-adv}} phonetically (comparative more phonetically, superlative most phonetically)
  1. In the way it sounds, particularly: written to describe the sound rather than the dictionary spelling. Derived forms: nonphonetically Translations (in the way it sounds): fonèticament (Catalan), foneettisesti (Finnish), phonétiquement (French), foneticamente (Galician), foneticamente (Italian), foneticamente (Portuguese), fonéticamente (Spanish), fonetiskt (Swedish), fonetik olarak (Turkish)

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