electronically

English

Etymology

From electronic +‎ -ally.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɪˌlɛkˈtɹɑn.ɪk.li/, /ˌiː.lɛkˈtɹɑn.ɪk.li/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌɛl.ɛkˈtɹɒn.ɪk.li/, /ˌɛl.ɪkˈtɹɒn.ɪk.li/, /ɪˌlɛkˈtɹɒn.ɪk.li/

• Audio (US):

  (file)

• Hyphenation: elec‧tron‧ic‧ally

Adverb

electronically (comparative more electronically, superlative most electronically)

1. By means of electronics, or of electronic technology.
   • 2013 May 25, “No hiding place”, in The Economist‎^[1], volume 407, number 8837, page 74:

     In America alone, people spent $170 billion on “direct marketing”—junk mail of both the physical and electronic varieties—last year. Yet of those who received unsolicited adverts through the post, only 3% bought anything as a result. If the bumf arrived electronically, the take-up rate was 0.1%. And for online adverts the “conversion” into sales was a minuscule 0.01%.

Translations

by electronic means

• Catalan: electrònicament
• Finnish: elektronisesti
• Italian: elettronicamente (it)
• Spanish: electrónicamente (es)
• Swedish: elektroniskt (sv)