Meanings
adverbacoustically (not comparable)
- not comparablemannerIn an acoustic manner, or using an acoustic musical instrument.
Very little research has, however, directly examined the limitations of native perception, especially for contrasts that are only minimally differentiated acoustically and articulatorily.
2015 December 4, “Discrimination of Multiple Coronal Stop Contrasts in Wubuy (Australia): A Natural Referent Consonant Account”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI - not comparabledomainFrom the perspective of acoustics.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂eḱ-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ew-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ṓws
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ḱh₂owsyéti
- Proto-Hellenic*akóuhō
- Ancient Greekἀκούω (akoúō)
- Ancient Greekᾰ̓κουστῐκός (ăkoustĭkós)
- Medieval Latinacousticus
- Englishacoustic
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
- Proto-Germanic*līką
- Englishacoustic
- Englishacoustical
- Englishacoustically
From acoustic + -ally, or from acoustical + -ly.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Dutch akoestisch
- akoestischin an acoustic manner
Finnish akustisesti
- akustisestiin an acoustic manner
Italian acusticamente
- acusticamentein an acoustic manner
Polish akustycznie
- akustyczniein an acoustic manner
Portuguese acusticamente
- acusticamentein an acoustic manner
Spanish acústicamente
- acústicamentein an acoustic manner
Swedish akustiskt
- akustisktin an acoustic manner
Cite this entry
APA
acoustically. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/acoustically
MLA
“acoustically.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/acoustically. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “acoustically,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/acoustically.
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