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HYPOTHETICALLY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does hypothetically mean?
• HYPOTHETICALLY (adverb)
The adverb HYPOTHETICALLY has 1 sense:
1. by hypothesis
Familiarity information: HYPOTHETICALLY used as an adverb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
By hypothesis
Pertainym:
hypothetical (based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence)
Context examples
Hypothetically, in distant future, the arrival of alien substances from other planets to Earth may be possible as well as to other planets from Earth, the report said.
(Mutated Terrestrial Bacteria That Return from Space Pose Threat to Life on Earth, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
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