empirically

Adverb

Meaning

By experiment or experience; without science; in the manner of quacks.

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Synonyms

by trial and error through empirical observation empyrean exactly temporarily empirical practically experimentally objectively experiential analytically provisionally empiricist pragmatically empiric

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Antonyms

theoretically academically abstractly conjecturally doubtfully reputedly

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Phrases with the word

semi-empirically

Examples

this can be empirically tested Source: Internet

Another criticism comes from the assertion that neither cardinal nor ordinal utility is empirically observable in the real world. Source: Internet

Empirically measured atomic radii The following table shows empirically measured covalent radii for the elements, as published by J. C. Slater in 1964. Source: Internet

Although space and time are held to be transcendentally ideal in this sense, they are also empirically real, i.e. not mere illusions. Source: Internet

Bear et al. 2007, pp. 10-11 The major criticism of phrenology is that researchers were not able to test theories empirically. Source: Internet

But if an alternate ad hoc hypothesis were indeed justifiable, its implicit conclusions would be empirically verifiable. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

empirical science empirical studies empirical thermometer empiricalness empiricism empiricist