electronically
English
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From electronic + -ally.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌɛl.ɛkˈtɹɒn.ɪk.li/, /ˌɛl.ɪkˈtɹɒn.ɪk.li/, /ɪˌlɛkˈtɹɒn.ɪk.li/
- (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ɪˌlɛkˈtɹɑ.nɪk.li/, /ˌi.lɛkˈtɹɑ.nɪk.li/
Audio (California): (file)
- Hyphenation: elec‧tron‧ic‧ally
Adverb
[edit]electronically (comparative more electronically, superlative most electronically)
- By means of electronics, or of electronic technology.
- 2013 May 25, “No hiding place”, in The Economist[1], volume 407, number 8837, page 74:
- In America alone, people spent $170 billion on “direct marketing”—junk mail of both the physical and electronic varieties—last year. Yet of those who received unsolicited adverts through the post, only 3% bought anything as a result. If the bumf arrived electronically, the take-up rate was 0.1%. And for online adverts the “conversion” into sales was a minuscule 0.01%.
Translations
[edit]by electronic means
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