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emˈpirically, adv.
[f. prec. + -ly2.]
In an empirical manner.
1. After the manner of an empiric or quack-doctor.
1631R. Brathwait Whimzies, Almanack-maker, He ha's some small scruple of physician..and can most empyrically discourse of the state of your body. 1643Sir T. Browne Relig. Med. i. §31 His scholars: who..doe empirically practise without his advice. 1872F. Thomas Dis. Women (ed. 3) 64 The advice is too often given empirically.
2. By means of observation and experiment.
1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. vi. xii. 334 For wee shall emperically and sensibly discourse hereof. 1664Power Exp. Philos. iii. 192 Philosophy..will Empirically and Sensibly canvass the Phænomena of Nature. 1809–10Coleridge Friend (1865) 23 A schoolmaster is under the necessity of teaching a certain rule in simple arithmetic empirically. 1879tr. Du Moncel Telephone 52, I sought..to discover empirically the exact effect of each element. |