Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for THE-O-RET'IC-AL-LY
THE-O-RET'IC, or THE-O-RET'IC-ALTHE-OR'IC
THE-O-RET'IC-AL-LY, adv.
In or by theory; in speculation; speculatively; not practically. Some things appear to be theoretically true, which are found to be practically false.
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