phonetically

English

Etymology

From phonetic +‎ -ally.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

phonetically (comparative more phonetically, superlative most phonetically)

1. In the way it sounds, particularly: written to describe the sound rather than the dictionary spelling.

   The hard words in the passage have been spelled phonetically.

   • 2025 May 16, Edward Helmore, “What does ‘8647’ really mean? Not what Trump’s supporters are saying”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     Equipment on a warship set to be upgraded or disposed of was given the code AT-6, or phonetically “eighty-six”.

Translations

in the way it sounds

• Catalan: fonèticament (ca)
• Finnish: foneettisesti (fi)
• French: phonétiquement (fr)
• Galician: foneticamente
• Italian: foneticamente (it)
• Portuguese: foneticamente (pt)
• Spanish: fonéticamente
• Swedish: fonetiskt (sv)
• Turkish: fonetik olarak