Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In a statistical manner; by the use of statistics; from a statistical point of view.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adverb In the way of statistics.

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  • adverb In a statistical way.
  • adverb From a statistical point of view.
  • adverb From statistical evidence.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adverb with respect to statistics

Etymologies

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statistical +‎ -ly

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Examples

  • But in 1998, a broader study on the industry commissioned by regulators and conducted by researchers at Louisiana State University found what they called a statistically significant correlation: A 1% increase in platform age leads to a 0.3632% increase in the rate of accidents.

    Aging Oil Rigs, Pipelines Ben Casselman 2010

  • But in 1998, a broader study on the industry commissioned by regulators and conducted by researchers at Louisiana State University found what they called a statistically significant correlation: A 1% increase in platform age leads to a 0.3632%

    WSJ.com: What's News US 2010

  • But in 1998, a broader study on the industry commissioned by regulators and conducted by researchers at Louisiana State University found what they called a statistically significant correlation: A 1% increase in platform age leads to a 0.3632%

    WSJ.com: What's News US 2010

  • Perhaps because the kind of deviancy exhibited by the Butcher of Newark had once been exhibited by Psy in statistically high numbers … and was no longer being fully contained by Silence.

    Excerpt - Bonds of Justice Nalini Singh 2009

  • Perhaps because the kind of deviancy exhibited by the Butcher of Newark had once been exhibited by Psy in statistically high numbers … and was no longer being fully contained by Silence.

    Archive 2009-11-01 Nalini Singh 2009

  • I meant the term "freak" only as in "statistically extreme outlier" - not as an insult.

    I want you to stop stalking "overweight" women. - Feministing 2009

  • For instance, engaging in statistically supported observations is a more hopeful enterprise when we endeavour to establish a certain point about Porsche cars built between 1972 and 1975.

    The Fundamentalist Stereotype: A Vindication, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

  • Relative risk, while useful statistically, is meaningless to individuals who really just want to know their individual risk associated with a treatment or lack therof.

    Menopause News Round-Up aka TBTAM 2007

  • It's always better to be ahead than behind, even when the date is early and the margin statistically irrelevant.

    From the "Don't Panic" department... 2004

  • It's always better to be ahead than behind, even when the date is early and the margin statistically irrelevant.

    Tet II - Another ring of Hell 2004

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