qualitatively

[ kwol-i-tey-tiv-lee ]

/ ˈkwɒl ɪˌteɪ tɪv li /

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in a way that has to do with the characteristics, properties, or attributes of someone or something:This deal has the potential to usher in a qualitatively different relationship, one not of buyer and seller but of coproducers.The study suggests that brain white matter may be qualitatively altered in schizophrenia.Compare quantitatively.

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Origin of qualitatively

First recorded in 1620–30; qualitative + -ly

OTHER WORDS FROM qualitatively

non·qual·i·ta·tive·ly, adverb

Words nearby qualitatively

qualifier, qualify, qualitative, qualitative analysis, qualitative identity, qualitatively, qualities, quality, quality assurance, quality-assure, quality circle

How to use qualitatively in a sentence

A process focusing more on qualitative keyword data, on the other hand, opens up a host of new opportunities and insights.
The untapped value of qualitative keyword data|Jack Telford|November 2, 2020|Search Engine Watch
As ecology matured into a distinct discipline, work by Hutchinson and others spawned a more qualitative idea called niche theory.
A Physicist’s Approach to Biology Brings Ecological Insights|Gabriel Popkin|October 13, 2020|Quanta Magazine
The badge forms a very strong qualitative signal that will be readily subscribed to by business owners.
What’s behind the badge that powers Google’s local trust layer?|Justin Sanger|October 13, 2020|Search Engine Land
When that doesn’t work, you’ll have to do some qualitative analysis.
Content marketing fails: How to analyze and improve|Michael Doer|August 27, 2020|Search Engine Watch

Poe’s qualitative insight was that perhaps the cosmos was simply not old enough to fill the sky with light.
The Universe Has Made Almost All the Stars It Will Ever Make - Issue 89: The Dark Side|Caleb Scharf|August 19, 2020|Nautilus
The threats of the late 2010s will be qualitatively different.
New U.S. Stealth Jet Can’t Hide From Russian Radar|Bill Sweetman|April 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
That was a qualitatively different thing, and I opposed it from the start.
When Liberals Enable Tyrants|Michael Tomasky|September 6, 2013|DAILY BEAST
In the ash the amount soluble was determined, and qualitatively examined, as was the insoluble portion in most of them.
Scientific American Supplement, Vol. XXI., No. 531, March 6, 1886|Various
The nobler spiritual interests are not absolutely different from the material interests, they are not qualitatively different.
The Positive Outcome of Philosophy|Joseph Dietzgen
Von Hartmann is entirely in the right when he asserts that variability is neither qualitatively nor quantitatively unlimited.
Studies in the Theory of Descent (Volumes 1 and 2)|August Weismann
But, in the case of qualitatively compatible objects, a different situation is the rule.
Social Value|B. M. Anderson
And, indeed, our conception of qualitatively incompatible values must not be made too absolute.
Social Value|B. M. Anderson