informationallyadv.
/ˌɪnfəˈmeɪʃn̩əli/, /ˌɪnfəˈmeɪʃn̩l̩i/, /ˌɪnfəˈmeɪʃənl̩i/, /ˌɪnfəˈmeɪʃ(ə)nəli/, U.S. /ˌɪnfərˈmeɪʃ(ə)nəli/ As regards information.
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society > communication > information > action of informing > [adverb]
informingly1677
informatively1822
informationally1927
1927 Bull. Metrop. Mus. Art 22 238/2 The usefulness of the material practically, informationally and inspirationally to various classes of people or types of interest is the real test of its value.
1943 A. E. Murphy Uses of Reason i. i. 42 The rational use of ideas in the pursuit of informationally reliable truth is here seen at its best and clearest.
1964 Y. R. Chao in D. Abercrombie et al. Daniel Jones 41 Those aspects of speech which are informationally important but often acoustically weak.
2001 D. Crystal Lang. & Internet iv. 98 Lengthy descriptions will be truncated..and may be so unclear as to be informationally empty.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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