empirically

English

Etymology

empirical +‎ -ly

Adverb

empirically (comparative more empirically, superlative most empirically)

Based on experience as opposed to theoretical knowledge.
I have no idea why this works, but empirically, it works.
(sciences) Based on data gathered in the real world.
We need to test this idea empirically instead of just speculating about it.

Translations

based on experience as opposed to theoretical knowledge

Catalan: empíricament (ca)
Greek: εμπειρικά (el) (empeiriká)
Ancient: ἐμπειρῐκῶς (empeirikôs)

Korean: 경험적으로 (gyeongheomjeogeuro)

based on data gathered in the real world

Korean: 실험적으로 (silheomjeogeuro)

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