phonetically

C2 Topic:Describing Qualities
US /fəˈnɛtɪkli/
adv Freq #73438

Meanings

  1. 1
    adv

    by phonetics

    Phonetically realized.

  2. 2
    adv

    In the way it sounds, particularly: written to describe the sound rather than the dictionary spelling.

    The hard words in the passage have been spelled phonetically.

Etymology

From phonetic + -ally.

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