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experimentally

/ɪkˌspɛɹəˈmɛntəɫi/ adv

In the manner of an experiment.

Word Origin Experimentally comes from Latin experiri 'to try, test,' which is also the source of experience and expert. The idea: an experiment is a trial, a testing. The PIE root *per- 'to try, risk' connects it to peril and fear — originally, testing something involved danger. The breakdown ex+peri+ment+al+ly shows the 'try' root peri.

adv In the manner of an experiment.

The new drug was tested experimentally on a small group of volunteers.

(副词) 实验性地；试验性地

这种新药在一小群志愿者身上进行了实验性测试。

(adverbio) experimentalmente; de forma experimental; de manera experimental [De manera experimental; experimentalmente.]

El nuevo medicamento fue probado experimentalmente en un pequeño grupo de voluntarios.

(adverbe) expérimentalement; à titre expérimental [De manière expérimentale ; selon une méthode d'expérimentation scientifique.]

Le nouveau médicament a été testé expérimentalement sur un petit groupe de volontaires.

(Adverb) experimentell; versuchsweise; in einem Experiment [Auf eine Weise, die einem Experiment entspricht; durch Ausprobieren oder Testen.]

Das neue Medikament wurde **experimentally** an einer kleinen Gruppe von Freiwilligen getestet.

(副詞) 実験の方法によって。試験的に。

新薬は少数のボランティアを対象に実験的に試験された。

(advérbio) experimentalmente [De modo experimental.]

O novo medicamento foi testado experimentalmente em um pequeno grupo de voluntários.

Synonyms: empirically trial-and-error heuristically probatively provisionally tentatively testingly exploratively Antonyms: theoretically hypothetically speculatively conceptually
Word parts: ex + peri + ment + al + ly

Common collocations

be verb can verb by prep determine verb determined adj induce verb find verb show verb test verb confirm verb observe verb value subst

Related words

experimentation experimenter experience experiential expert expertise

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