logistically

[ loh-jis-tik-lee, luh- ]

adverb

1. in a way that relates to logistics, the branch of military operations dealing with the supply, maintenance, and distribution of equipment and personnel:

   In antiquity, warfare became associated with agriculture because armies depended logistically on huge granaries.

2. in a way that relates to the planning, coordination, and implementation of the details of any operation:

   With the help of my very understanding wife, I began planning both logistically and financially to return to Mount Everest to film some new material.

Word History and Origins

Origin of logistically¹

First recorded in 1900–05; logistic ¹( def ) + -ally ( def )

Example Sentences

In both positions, he focused on global health concerns and issues, including the logistics associated with solving medical challenges in the Middle East, Africa, and Europe.

From Fortune

Handling returns is clearly a major cost for online retailers — Neatsy estimates that sneaker returns specifically rack up $30BN annually for ecommerce outlets, factoring in logistics costs and other factors like damaged boxes and missing sneakers.

From TechCrunch

There were teleconferences and conference calls about logistics and graphics and schedules.

From Washington Post

My focus was always on the logistics, trying to understand which adaptations make you a faster runner and what sort of training maximizes them.

From Outside Online

The logistics of shipping and finally distributing a vaccine are prime for a cyberattack, given how often the product would have to change hands getting from the place of origin to the final destination.

From Fortune

It, too, soon abandoned the mission, finding it both logistically and financially impossible.

From The Daily Beast

Moreover, any truly effective coordination would be politically controversial, logistically problematic, and hard to sustain.

From The Daily Beast

Logistically, there are some serious problems with this structure.

From The Daily Beast

Then, the high-tech and logistically complicated endeavor became about as exciting as watching paint dry.

From The Daily Beast

It seems logistically challenging but not yet philosophically challenging.

From The Daily Beast

Millions of people had to be moved, fed, and logistically supported on many fronts.

From Project Gutenberg