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observationally

  • a word derived from observation.
    observation
    noun
    an act or instance of noticing or perceiving.
  • a word derived from observational.
    observational
    adjective
    of, relating to, or founded on observation, especially founded on observation rather than experiment.

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Anecdotally and observationally, they were very white—not exactly representative of the Democratic coalition.

From Slate ● Apr. 7, 2025

I keep thinking about it — and how I can be a part of it — observationally.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 12, 2023

Nettles said that, observationally, she hasn’t seen things improve much: “I don’t feel like I’m seeing the numbers change with any significance, with any impact, unfortunately.”

From Washington Post ● Mar. 8, 2023

Rogue stellar-mass black holes, long predicted but only now observationally confirmed, might well be sufficiently common in our galaxy to support demographic studies of their population.

From Scientific American ● Feb. 3, 2022

Although the idea of an instability can explain much, it hasn’t really been observationally tested, says Mike Brown, an astronomer at the California Institute of Technology and member of the Lucy team.

From Science Magazine ● Oct. 7, 2021