Meaning & use

methodologically

adverb·Academic

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In a way that relates to or is governed by a systematic method, especially in research or scholarship.

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The study was methodologically flawed because its sample size was far too small.

Researchers must be methodologically rigorous when testing a new hypothesis.

A note on using this word

This adverb is common in academic writing to critique or praise the soundness of a study's design rather than its conclusions.

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