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empirically

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ɪmˈpɪrɪkəli/


WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
em•pir•i•cal /ɛmˈpɪrɪkəl/USA pronunciation   adj. 
  1. derived from or depending upon experience or observation alone.
em•pir•i•cal•ly, adv. 
em•pir•i•cism /ɛmˈpɪrɪˌsɪzəm/USA pronunciation  n. [uncountable]

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
em•pir•i•cal  (em pir′i kəl),USA pronunciation adj. 
  1. derived from or guided by experience or experiment.
  2. depending upon experience or observation alone, without using scientific method or theory, esp. as in medicine.
  3. provable or verifiable by experience or experiment.
  • empiric + -al1 1560–70
em•pir′i•cal•ly, adv. 
em•pir′i•cal•ness, n. 
    1. 2. . practical, firsthand, pragmatic.
    1. 2. . secondhand, theoretical.
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