numerically

adverb

nu·​mer·​i·​cal·​ly -rə̇k(ə)lē 

-rēk-, 

-li

1

a

: in respect to number : in numbers

a numerically inferior but intellectually potent group

—K. S. Davis

b

: according to number

copy … is filed numerically

—E. M. Robinson

c

: in figures

if a date is written numerically

—Marjorie E. Skillin & R. M. Gay

2

: in a precisely similar way : indistinguishably

the emotion … is not numerically identical

—John Dewey

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