arithmetically
advEtymology From arithmetical + -ly.
1
In a way characterized by addition (of increments) rather than multiplication (by factors) or exponentiation (by exponents): by an arithmetic progression.
Of the nature of increases or decreases
- Over the past decade the business has grown arithmetically, which shows that it is serving a demand successfully; but because it has not grown exponentially, its growth is viewed by some investors as "not good enough."
2
In terms of arithmetic.
- The two terms are arithmetically equivalent, but they are not equally intuitive regarding what phenomenon they represent in the real world.
- Related terms
- arithmetic, arithmetical