theoretically
English
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From theoretical + -ly.
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Adverb
[edit]theoretically (not comparable)
- in theory; on paper
- I haven't tested it, but theoretically it ought to fly.
- 2019 February 8, Saunatimes Guest Posts, quoting Tyler, “Father and sons take a 280 degree f. sauna, documenting the only “300 Club” in North America”, in SaunaTimes[1]:
- Of course, it will never get -100 here like it does in Antarctica, but a 300-degree swing was still theoretically possible on a record-cold Minnesota morning–if we got the sauna hot enough.
- in a theoretical manner
- I solved the problem theoretically rather than practically.
- in theory though not necessarily in reality.
- 1985 December 14, Gordon Gottlieb, “L.A. Community Divided over Terrigno Indictment”, in Gay Community News, volume 13, number 22, page 10:
- Rumors of an indictment had spread through this heavily gay and lesbian community since shortly after the theoretically secret investigation began in 1984.
- 2023 November 1, Honest Dentist Appointment:
- No, but insurance does cover it. Theoretically.
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