quantitatively

Sometimes quan·ti·tive·ly

[kwon-ti-tey-tiv-lee]

adverb

1. in a way that uses or involves numbers, calculations, measurements, or quantities.

   We use mathematical models to quantitatively predict our experimental results.

   Bubble oscillation and vessel wall velocity were quantitatively measured.

Other Word Forms

• nonquantitatively adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of quantitatively¹

First recorded in 1550–60; quantitative ( def. ) + -ly ( def. )

Example Sentences

“I think we can completely change this airport. We can take this airport from quantitatively one of the lowest-ranked airports in the world to one of the best,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times

"So there, in this combined index, we are quite confident about the result... we have actually a signal that we can say that we definitely can attribute that, also quantitatively."

From BBC

Ancient Near Eastern texts have never been studied in this way, by quantitatively linking emotions to body parts.

From Science Daily

For example, why do these transitions between laminar and turbulent flows occur and how can the transitions be characterized quantitatively?

From Science Daily

In this research, the team developed a deep learning AI technique to quantitatively analyze cation mixing using atomic structure images.

From Science Daily