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hypothetically

adv.
B2 Upper Intermediate US //ˌhaɪpəˈθɛtɪkɫi// UK //hˌaɪpəθˈɛtɪkli// hy·po·thet·i·cal·ly

adv. used to talk about a situation that is not real or has not happened yet. You use it to imagine what might happen if something were true.

adv. in a manner that assumes a condition to be true, even if it is not necessarily the case. Often used to introduce a theoretical scenario or a conditional statement.


SIMPLE

Hypothetically, what would you do if you won the lottery?

CONTEXTUAL

If we hypothetically ignore the budget cuts, the project could be finished by next summer.

COMPLEX

The economist argued that even hypothetically, the market would stabilize if the central bank intervened immediately, though such a scenario remains highly unlikely.

Origin

From hypothetical + -ly.

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