visually

English

Etymology

From visual +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɪzju.əli/, /ˈvɪʒu.əli/, /ˈvɪʒəli/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Adverb

visually (comparative more visually, superlative most visually)

1. By means of sight.

   The radar's detection was confirmed visually, because seeing is believing.

   • 2020 August 26, “Network News: Mid-September before line reopens, says Network Rail”, in Rail, page 10:

     He explained that engineers had been able to examine the bridge visually, and had started surveying likely sites for access roads and where to place the heavyweight crawler crane. NR was also ordering the aggregates needed for the access roads.

Derived terms

• visually impaired

 

Translations

by means of sight

• Catalan: visualment
• Finnish: visuaalisesti
• Galician: visualmente
• Georgian: ვიზუალურად (vizualurad), გარეგნულად (garegnulad)
• German: optisch (de), visuell (de)
• Hungarian: vizuálisan (hu)
• Polish: wizualnie
• Portuguese: visualmente (pt)
• Spanish: visualmente (es)
• Swedish: visuellt (sv), bildmässigt

See also

• aurally (“by means of hearing”)