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hypothetically

[hahy-puh-thet-i-klee] / ˌhaɪ pəˈθɛt ɪ kli /
ADVERB
conditionally
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ADVERB
on paper
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ADVERB
theoretically
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Antonyms
WEAK
by trial and error


Example Sentences

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But even if that’s not the end of the brutal crypto selloff, Strategy “has the wherewithal to ride out a hypothetically much steeper Bitcoin rout,” TD Cowen analyst Lance Vitanza said in a note Friday.

From Barron's • Feb. 6, 2026

Or, hypothetically, when a member of the U.S. military or the executive branch tries to make several years’ worth of salary by betting on whether a looming secret operation will succeed?

From Slate • Jan. 6, 2026

That scenario, hypothetically, is just one way we could know that a war with Russia had begun, or was about to.

From BBC • Dec. 9, 2025

Applied widely to a lower-income population, they could, hypothetically, foster more consumer choice.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 23, 2025

But I wouldn’t even want to do it hypothetically.

From "What If It's Us" by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera