clinically

American  

[kli-nik-lee] / ˈklɪ nɪk li /

adverb

1. in a clinical way.

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Explanation

When a medication has been clinically proven, it's been tested on actual patients. Clinically can also describe a cold and detached manner, a personality better suited to robots than people. It's a good thing when doctors and scientists do things clinically, because they're not only using studies and statistics to make decisions — they're talking to and observing patients. On the other hand, when a doctor treats you clinically at your yearly appointment, she is efficient but aloof, rather than warm and welcoming. Clinically is from clinical, from the Latin clinicus, "physician who visits patients in their beds," with the Greek root klinike, "at the sickbed."

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People whose disease remained clinically stable tended to have genetically 'steady' blood cell populations that acquired few or no additional mutations.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 1, 2026

Sinner served well to limit Zverev to only one break point, defended the baseline supremely to counter his opponent's aggressive approach and clinically took his chances when they came in the final two sets.

From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026

“Continuity of caregivers, physical environment, and routine are not merely quality-of-life considerations for this population,” he wrote, “they are clinically meaningful protective factors.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026

"Because reducing amyloid burden is clinically proven to improve functional outcomes, these preclinical results strongly support the rationale for testing this drug in early symptomatic Alzheimer's disease."

From Science Daily ● Jun. 16, 2026

Something about the function of a clinically trained listener.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez