empirically

[ em-pir-ik-lee ]

adverb

1. in a way that is based on or guided by experience or experiment:

   We hope that this study will form the basis for future empirically grounded research and policy analysis.

2. in a way that is provable or verifiable by experience or experiment:

   Can it be stated empirically that the Latino vote was the single biggest factor contributing to the candidate's victory?

Other Words From

• an·ti·em·pir·i·cal·ly adverb
• non·em·pir·i·cal·ly adverb
• o·ver·em·pir·i·cal·ly adverb
• sem·i·em·pir·i·cal·ly adverb
• un·em·pir·i·cal·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of empirically¹

empirical ( def ) + -ly

Example Sentences

“Saying that matter interactions all come from the metric of classical spacetime means, at least naïvely, that quantum spacetime — whatever that means empirically — does not really have any role, or that the foundational questions in quantum theory are simply irrelevant in quantum theory of gravity and matter,” Minic said.

From Salon

When Nate Silver says the election is "closer than a coin flip," he's basing it on hard numbers — heads empirically win 50.5 percent of the time, a greater margin than Vice President Kamala Harris' 50.15 percent chance of winning the superstar election handicapper's final forecast.

From Salon

But logically and empirically, the differences between the claims are nugatory.

From Los Angeles Times

Instead, he defensively insisted on repeating one of his strangest and most empirically untrue talking points, which is that a majority of the country’s voters and legal scholars “wanted” to see Roe overturned, and that overturning it was a “great service” he’s done for the country.

From Slate

I think it really is a testament to the idea that constitutional interpretation does shift over time, In addition to being normatively undesirable, originalism is also just empirically untrue.

From Salon