heuristically
Americanadverb
Example Sentences
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One could heuristically argue, therefore that we should see roughly the same number of women as men working in the field of mathematics.
From Scientific American ● Mar. 9, 2022
Pichai thinks that's another one of those problems that AI could fix, "heuristically."
From The Verge ● Oct. 4, 2017
Instead, claims of quantum supremacy will need to rely on assumptions based on complexity theory, which in turn can be justified heuristically.
From Nature ● Sep. 12, 2017
They are firm neither in principle nor in self-definition, curious and tolerant and heuristically malleable but lacking a clear identity that allows them to take decisive action at all.
From The New Yorker ● Sep. 25, 2015
Rather this base, foundation of nursing indicative of the nature of nursing, would heuristically promote endless variations to flow, blossom, cross-pollinate, and evolve.
From Humanistic Nursing by Josephine G. Paterson
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