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instrumentally

adv

Etymology

From instrumental + -ly.

  1. derived from īnstrūmentālis
  2. inherited from instrumental
  3. suffixed as instrumentally — “instrumental + ly”

Definitions

  1. By means of an instrument or agency

    By means of an instrument or agency; as means to an end

    • They will argue that the end being essentially beneficial, the means become instrumentally so.

  2. With musical instruments

    • an instrumentally accompanied song
    • join in instrumentally
    • In a song that has vocals, the intro is often played instrumentally and serves to establish the overall feel of the song.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA