quantitatively

[ kwon-ti-tey-tiv-lee ]

/ ˈkwɒn tɪˌteɪ tɪv li /

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adverb

in a way that uses or involves numbers, calculations, measurements, or quantities: We use mathematical models to quantitatively predict our experimental results.Bubble oscillation and vessel wall velocity were quantitatively measured.Compare qualitatively.

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Sometimes quan·ti·tive·ly

[kwon-ti-tiv-lee] /ˈkwɒn tɪ tɪv li/ .

Origin of quantitatively

First recorded in 1550–60; quantitative + -ly

OTHER WORDS FROM quantitatively

non·quan·ti·ta·tive·ly, adverb

Words nearby quantitatively

quantitative analysis, quantitative character, quantitative easing, quantitative genetics, quantitative inheritance, quantitatively, quantity, quantity surveyor, quantity theory, quantize, quantized

How to use quantitatively in a sentence

All this quantitative stuff that’s been added to the core skiing experience, like the 100-day clubs, vertical-foot clubs, and the track-your-friends technology, becomes less meaningful.
How COVID-19 Could Actually Be Good for Skiing|Marc Peruzzi|November 20, 2020|Outside Online
Having a more quantitative, unbiased method, in terms of experimental design, is a good thing.
Are We Wired to Be Outside? - Issue 92: Frontiers|Grigori Guitchounts|November 11, 2020|Nautilus
Podcast host Galen Druke chats with quantitative editor Laura Bronner and elections analyst Nathaniel Rakich about how exit polls will be conducted and what to make of them.
Be Wary Of Exit Polls This Year (Well, And All Years)|Galen Druke|November 3, 2020|FiveThirtyEight
Still, she says, it’s important to do this kind of careful, quantitative analysis to assess flight ability — although “the fossil record of this group is really bad.”
Bat-winged dinosaurs were clumsy fliers|Carolyn Gramling|October 22, 2020|Science News

Nonetheless, there is nothing fundamentally quantitative about the scientific study of life.
Why Physics Can’t Tell Us What Life Is - Issue 92: Frontiers|Jeremy England|October 21, 2020|Nautilus
So, the big question remains: Is Berlusconi quantitatively more corrupt than his predecessors?
Berlusconi Exits, and an Era of Sexist Buffoonery Is Over|Lawrence Osborne|November 17, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Zinc sulphide is, indeed, precipitated quantitatively by hydrogen sulphide from the acetate solution.
The Elements of Qualitative Chemical Analysis, vol. 1, parts 1 and 2.|Julius Stieglitz
It is probable that the two cases are only quantitatively different.
The Organism as a Whole|Jacques Loeb
It must always be examined quantitatively for the residue left on evaporation.
A Textbook of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines.|Cornelius Beringer and John Jacob Beringer
Some economist ought therefore to give us a treatise in which this property instinct is carefully and quantitatively examined.
Human Nature In Politics|Graham Wallas
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