strategically

[struh-tee-jik-lee]

adverb

1. in a way that relates to strategy.

   This is an unacceptable degree of danger in a strategically uncertain and critical time.

2. in a way that is important or helpful for strategy.

   The region is strategically located in the heart of the eastern North American market and therefore attractive to investors.

3. purposefully as an integral part of a stratagem or any careful plan for achieving a particular goal.

   Plant trees strategically, with deciduous trees on the south and west sides of your home to cool the air in summer and let in warming sunlight in winter.

4. Military.,  with the specific intent of destroying materials, factories, etc., used by the enemy in waging war.

   During World War II, the Allies strategically bombed German oil refineries.

Other Word Forms

• nonstrategically adverb
• unstrategically adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of strategically¹

strategic ( def. ) + -ally ( def. )

Example Sentences

The response, a model of clarity and nuance, was immediate and free: “To raise low iron levels, focus on iron-rich foods and pair them strategically to boost absorption.”

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They expect policy-guided investment in strategically important sectors such as artificial intelligence, biotechnology and new energy.

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The war has killed as many as 150,000 people and left one of Africa’s largest countries in a strategically important region on the verge of becoming a failed state.

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“In the final push, our data-driven campaign is strategically targeting key voters with our message to ensure every resource helps us defeat Prop. 50.”

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Take, for example, the way Mr. Ellis treats the Revolution itself, where slavery proved problematic morally as well as strategically.

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