ex‧per‧i‧men‧tal‧ly /ɪkˌsperəˈmentl-i, ɪkˌsperɪˈmentl-i/ adverb
[Word Family: noun: experiment, experimentation; verb: experiment; adverb: experimentally; adjective: experimental]

1. relating to experiments:
data obtained experimentally

2. in a way that involves using new ideas or methods:
The drugs are being used experimentally on patients suffering from breast cancer.

3. if you do something experimentally, you do it in order to see or feel what something is like:
He moved his shoulder experimentally; it still hurt.

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