phonetically
adverb
- in a phonetic manner or sense or from a phonetic point of view
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /fəˈnɛtɪkli/
adv
Etymology: Etymology tree English phonetic Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly Middle English -ally English -ally English phonetically From phonetic + -ally.
- 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.”
“Equipment on a warship set to be upgraded or disposed of was given the code AT-6, or phonetically “eighty-six”.”