Standard Lemma guide

statistically

adv · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /stəˈtɪs.tɪ.kə.li/
  • [stəˈtɪs.tɪ.kl̩.i]
  • /stəˈtɪs.tɪ.kli/
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  • CMU ARPABET: S T AH0 T IH1 S T IH0 K AH0 L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: S T AH0 T IH1 S T IH0 K L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adv

Meaning 1

In a statistical way.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • He made his point statistically.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adv

Meaning 2

From a statistical point of view.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Statistically, the study was almost worthless.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adv

Meaning 3

From statistical evidence.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Statistically, what he said is true.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adverb

Meaning 4

with respect to statistics

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • this is statistically impossible

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English statistic English -al English statistical Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English statistically From statistical + -ly.

Across languages

Translations

15 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: estadísticament — in a statistical way
  • Dutch: statistisch gezien — in a statistical way
  • Finnish: tilastollisesti — in a statistical way
  • Galician: estatisticamente — in a statistical way
  • German: statistisch — in a statistical way
  • Hungarian: statisztikailag — in a statistical way
  • Polish: statystycznie — in a statistical way
  • Portuguese: estatisticamente — in a statistical way
  • Romanian: în mod statistic — in a statistical way
  • Romanian: statistic — in a statistical way
  • Russian: статисти́чески (statistíčeski) — in a statistical way
  • Spanish: estadísticamente — in a statistical way
  • Swedish: statistiskt — in a statistical way
  • Ukrainian: статисти́чно (statystýčno) — in a statistical way
  • Walloon: statisticmint — in a statistical way
Real reading context

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