Meanings
adverbexploratorily (comparative more exploratorily, superlative most exploratorily)
comparative more exploratorily · superlative most exploratorily
- In an exploratory manner.
Thereupon his first act was to pass his hand exploratorily over his head, when there came away a mass of hair not smaller than the first quantity.
1874, Glasgow and West of Scotland Medical Association, Glasgow Medical Journal, volume 6, page 509Synonyms: exploratively
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbIn an exploratory manner.
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Polish badawczo
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exploratorily. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/exploratorily
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