English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
theoretical + -ly
Pronunciation[edit]
theoretically (not comparable)
- in theory; on paper
I haven't tested it, but theoretically it ought to fly.
- in a theoretical manner
I solved the problem theoretically rather than practically.
- in theory though not necessarily in reality.
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
in theory
- Arabic: (please verify) نَظَريّاً
- Armenian: տեսականորեն (hy) (tesakanoren)
- Asturian: en teoría
- Basque: teorian
- Bulgarian: теоретично (bg) (teoretično)
- Catalan: teòricament (ca), en teoria
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 理論上／理论上 (zh) (lǐlùn shàng)
- Czech: teoreticky
- Dutch: theoretisch (nl)
- Esperanto: teorie
- Finnish: teoreettisesti (fi)
- French: théoriquement (fr), en théorie
- Galician: teoricamente, en teoría
- Georgian: თეორიულად (teoriulad)
- German: theoretisch (de), prinzipiell (de), rein gedanklich, vom Gedanken her
- Greek: θεωρητικά (el) (theoritiká)
- Hungarian: elméletileg (hu), elvileg (hu), teoretikusan
- Ido: teoriale (io)
- Italian: teoricamente (it), in linea teorica
- Japanese: 理論上 (りろんじょう, rironjō)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: teoretisk (no)
- Occitan: teoricament (oc)
- Polish: teoretycznie (pl)
- Portuguese: teoricamente
- Romanian: teoretic (ro), teoreticește (ro)
- Russian: теорети́чески (ru) (teoretíčeski)
- Slovak: teoreticky
- Spanish: teóricamente (es), en teoría
- Swedish: teoretiskt (sv)
- Ukrainian: теоретично (teoretyčno)
- Vietnamese: về lý thuyết
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