digitally

C2+ Topic:Technology & Computing

US /ˈdɪdʒɪtəli/ UK /ˈdɪdʒɪtəli/ See IPA manual

adv

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adv
by means of digital technology; or with the fingers

The documents are now stored and signed digitally.

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1 adv · by means of digital... electronically numericallycomputationally

Opposites

analogouslymanuallyphysically

Word family

Related forms digital digit digitize digitalize

Etymology

From digital plus the adverbial suffix -ly; digital is from Latin digitalis ('of a finger'), from digitus ('finger, toe'), the modern computing sense arising because digits (the fingers) were used for counting.

digitalis Latin digitus Latin

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# digitally

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adv
**IPA (US):** ˈdɪdʒɪtəli
**IPA (UK):** ˈdɪdʒɪtəli

## Meanings
1. by means of digital technology; or with the fingers

## Examples
- The documents are now stored and signed digitally.

## Synonyms
- electronically
- numerically
- computationally

## Antonyms
- analogously
- manually
- physically

## Related Forms
- digital
- digit
- digitize
- digitalize

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: digitalis
- Root: digitus

## Etymology
From digital plus the adverbial suffix -ly; digital is from Latin digitalis ('of a finger'), from digitus ('finger, toe'), the modern computing sense arising because digits (the fingers) were used for counting.

## AI Etymology
Digitally is from digital plus the adverbial suffix -ly; digital is from Latin digitalis ('of a finger'), from digitus ('finger, toe'), the modern computing sense arising because digits (the fingers) were used for counting. The ancestry passes through Latin digitalis and Latin digitus. The suffix -ly forms an adverb or adjective from the base, so the English form is shaped by recognizable word formation as well as by its inherited or borrowed base. In present use as an adverb, it means "by means of digital technology; or with the fingers", keeping the historical formation close to the word's ordinary semantic work. Related words include digital, digit, digitize, and digitalize.

## Topics
- Technology & Computing
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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