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Meaning of phonetically in English:

phonetically

Pronunciation /fəˈnɛtɪk(ə)li/

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adverb

Phonetics

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‘The/l / at the end of bell is still phonetically a lateral consonant for me, pronounced with the blade of my tongue in contact with the roof of my mouth.’
  • ‘They found that baby-talk vowels are not just spoken more clearly, but are phonetically different from their adult equivalents, New Scientist magazine reported.’
  • ‘Now, even the phonetically challenged will master the pronunciation of ‘Tuiasosopo.’’
  • ‘Instead, the list of names with front vowels surely differed from the list of names with back vowels in many other ways, phonetically and otherwise.’
  • ‘There is more to phonics than merely learning to spell words phonetically.’