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."

Example Sentences

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clinically

Both studies, however, were done in patients with clinically detectable Stage 3 cancer.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026

Action’s chief clinical officer, Charna Mintz, said in an interview that if a family chooses school, “even if it is not what is clinically recommended,” the company would support the family in the transition.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

“He is clinically stable and has no significant functional limitations,” the Eagles and Lynn said in their statement.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026

At 12 months, 80% of participants who completed the pain assessment exceeded the clinically meaningful improvement threshold.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026

I see now why he takes such a clinically distant approach to his work.

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein

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