"theoretically" meaning in English

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Adverb

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Etymology: From theoretical + -ly. Etymology templates: {{af|en|theoretical|-ly|id2=adverbial}} 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)
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  2. in a theoretical manner Tags: not-comparable
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  3. in theory though not necessarily in reality. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-theoretically-en-adv-2eElBPSw
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Derived forms: graph-theoretically, number-theoretically, set theoretically, set-theoretically
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      "lang": "Armenian",
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      "sense": "in theory",
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      "sense": "in theory",
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      "roman": "lǐlùn shàng",
      "sense": "in theory",
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      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "in theory",
      "word": "theoretisch"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "in theory",
      "word": "teorie"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "in theory",
      "word": "teoreettisesti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "in theory",
      "word": "théoriquement"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "in theory",
      "word": "en théorie"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "in theory",
      "word": "teoricamente"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "in theory",
      "word": "en teoría"
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    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "teoriulad",
      "sense": "in theory",
      "word": "თეორიულად"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "in theory",
      "word": "theoretisch"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "in theory",
      "word": "prinzipiell"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "in theory",
      "word": "rein gedanklich"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "in theory",
      "word": "vom Gedanken her"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "theoritiká",
      "sense": "in theory",
      "word": "θεωρητικά"
    },
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "in theory",
      "word": "elméletileg"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "in theory",
      "word": "elvileg"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "in theory",
      "word": "teoretikusan"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "in theory",
      "word": "teoriale"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "in theory",
      "word": "teoricamente"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "in theory",
      "word": "in linea teorica"
    },
    {
      "alt": "りろんじょう",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "rironjō",
      "sense": "in theory",
      "word": "理論上"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "in theory",
      "word": "teoretisk"
    },
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      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "in theory",
      "word": "teoricament"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "in theory",
      "word": "teoretycznie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "in theory",
      "word": "teoricamente"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "in theory",
      "word": "teoretic"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "in theory",
      "word": "teoreticește"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "teoretíčeski",
      "sense": "in theory",
      "word": "теорети́чески"
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      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "in theory",
      "word": "teoreticky"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "in theory",
      "word": "teóricamente"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "in theory",
      "word": "en teoría"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "in theory",
      "word": "teoretiskt"
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    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "teoretyčno",
      "sense": "in theory",
      "word": "теоретично"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "in theory",
      "word": "về lý thuyết"
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}

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