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Webster 1828 Edition

Theoretically

THEORET'ICALLY

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adv.

In or by theory; in speculation; speculatively; not practically. Some things appear to be theoretically true, which are found to be practically false.

Definition 2024

theoretically

theoretically

English

Adverb

theoretically ‎(not comparable)

in theory; on paper
I haven't tested it, but theoretically it ought to fly.
in a theoretical manner
I solved the problem theoretically rather than practically.

Translations

in theory

Asturian: en teoría
Catalan: teòricament, en teoria
Chinese:
Mandarin: 理論上 (zh), 理论上 (zh) ‎(lǐlùn shàng)
Czech: teoreticky
Esperanto: teorie
French: théoriquement (fr)
Galician: teoricamente, en teoría
German: theoretisch (de), prinzipiell (de), rein gedanklich, vom Gedanken her

Hungarian: elméletileg (hu)
Italian: teoricamente (it)
Japanese: 理論上 ‎(りろんじょう, rironjō)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: teoretisk (no)
Portuguese: teoricamente
Russian: теорети́чески (ru) ‎(teoretíčeski)
Spanish: teóricamente, en teoría
Swedish: teoretiskt (sv)

Anagrams

heterotically