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Definition of hypothetically adverb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

hypothetically

adverb

/ˌhaɪpəˈθetɪkli/

/ˌhaɪpəˈθetɪkli/

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in a situation that is possible and imagined rather than real and true
- Hypothetically, this is possible, but I've never known it to happen.
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