instrumentally

American  

[in-struh-men-tuh-lee] / ˌɪn strəˈmɛn tə li /

adverb

1. with regard to instrumentation.

2. in a way that is instrumental; as a means to an end; helpfully.

3. through the use of an instrument, tool, or device.

4. through the use of a legal document.

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Other Word Forms

• noninstrumentally
  adverb

Example Sentences

"In collectivist societies in China and India, couples are expected to depend and support each other, emotionally and instrumentally, so health may be more closely entwined."

From Science Daily • Dec. 6, 2023

But taken too far, that position risks reducing technology to mere tools that are used instrumentally by humans for human ends.

From Salon • May 30, 2023

“Because only through this kind of discipline can a conductor address the best orchestras in the world later. I know what they are going through, instrumentally speaking.”

From Seattle Times • Jul. 1, 2021

“I didn’t expect him to come up with something like that. When I heard it instrumentally, I was like, ‘This is Dr. Dre meets Band of Gypsys.’

From Washington Post • Mar. 27, 2019

Lowell's two brothers, Johnson and Timothy, were also good musicians, and remained prominent in the church choir, both socially and instrumentally, for many years after he left Savannah.

From Memories of a Musical Life by Mason, William