theoretically

English

Etymology

theoretical +‎ -ly

Adverb

theoretically ‎(not comparable)

1. in theory; on paper

   I haven't tested it, but theoretically it ought to fly.

2. in a theoretical manner

   I solved the problem theoretically rather than practically.

Translations

in theory

• Asturian: en teoría
• Catalan: teòricament, en teoria
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 理論上 (zh), 理论上 (zh) ‎(lǐlùn shàng)

• Czech: teoreticky
• Esperanto: teorie
• French: théoriquement (fr)
• Galician: teoricamente, en teoría
• German: theoretisch (de), prinzipiell (de), rein gedanklich, vom Gedanken her

• Hungarian: elméletileg (hu)
• Italian: teoricamente (it)
• Japanese: 理論上 ‎(りろんじょう, rironjō)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: teoretisk (no)

• Portuguese: teoricamente
• Russian: теорети́чески (ru) ‎(teoretíčeski)
• Spanish: teóricamente, en teoría
• Swedish: teoretiskt (sv)

Anagrams

• heterotically