empirically

American  

[em-pir-ik-lee] / ɛmˈpɪr ɪk li /

adverb

1. in a way that is based on or guided by experience or experiment.

   We hope that this study will form the basis for future empirically grounded research and policy analysis.

2. in a way that is provable or verifiable by experience or experiment.

   Can it be stated empirically that the Latino vote was the single biggest factor contributing to the candidate's victory?

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Other Word Forms

• antiempirically adverb
• nonempirically adverb
• overempirically adverb
• semiempirically adverb
• unempirically adverb

Etymology

Origin of empirically

empirical ( def. ) + -ly

Example Sentences

And they empirically tested that theory, looking at the correlation of buy-the-dip versus the SG Trend index, which is the average return of the top 10 hedge funds running trend-following strategies.

From MarketWatch

What do we know empirically about the impact of authoritarianism on public health and well-being?

From Salon

Even Aristotle, who could be said to have launched literary criticism, set forth the precepts of tragedy by empirically studying the indelible examples of Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides.

From Los Angeles Times

His remit was to “clean up the corruption,” “end the conflicts of interest,” and “return those agencies to their rich tradition of gold standard, empirically based, evidence-based science, evidence-based medicine,” Kennedy said.

From Science Magazine

But logically and empirically, the differences between the claims are nugatory.

From Los Angeles Times