qualitatively

[kwol-i-tey-tiv-lee]

adverb

1. in a way that has to do with the characteristics, properties, or attributes of someone or something.

   This deal has the potential to usher in a qualitatively different relationship, one not of buyer and seller but of coproducers.

   The study suggests that brain white matter may be qualitatively altered in schizophrenia.

Other Word Forms

• nonqualitatively adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of qualitatively¹

First recorded in 1620–30; qualitative ( def. ) + -ly

Example Sentences

To them, “opposing” independence is qualitatively different from “not supporting” it.

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Verizon reported earnings on Wednesday morning, but what the company had to say qualitatively about its future strategy was perhaps more important than any number.

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Tomahawks would provide a qualitatively new capability to attack Russia’s war machine and pressure Moscow to accept a peace deal.

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“It would mean an absolutely new, qualitatively new phase of escalation, including between Russia and the United States.”

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Only Poland and the Baltic states are backing their public statements about the threat from Russia with qualitatively increased defence spending.

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