exploratorily
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From exploratory + -ly.
Adverb
[edit]exploratorily (comparative more exploratorily, superlative most exploratorily)
- In an exploratory manner.
- Synonym: exploratively
- 1874, Glasgow and West of Scotland Medical Association, Glasgow Medical Journal, volume 6, page 509:
- Thereupon his first act was to pass his hand exploratorily over his head, when there came away a mass of hair not smaller than the first quantity.