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

It lost to the passionless “Lullaby of Broadway,” warbled by Winifred Shaw and then re-purposed, instrumentally, for a bonkers Busby Berkeley number.

From Washington Post • Mar. 2, 2018

Hence the vocal powers, the power of producing sounds instrumentally, and the power of flight, have been organised to subserve the biological end of "recognition."

From Territory in Bird Life by Howard, H. Eliot