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# statistically

adverb (statistically)

«statistically» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Statistically means according to statistics, judging by numbers and data: "Statistically, flying is safer than driving." [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/statistically/#m1)
2. "Statistically significant" (formal, science) means a result is very unlikely to have happened just by chance. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/statistically/#m2)

### In the lessons

In maths, science and news it introduces a fact based on data. It helps children see that numbers about many people tell us what is likely, not what will happen to one person. Phrases: "statistically speaking", "statistically significant", "statistically more likely".

### Examples

- Statistically, more babies are born in summer here. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/statistically/#x1)
- Statistically speaking, you are safer on a train than in a car. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/statistically/#x2)
- Girls and boys did statistically the same in the test. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/statistically/#x3)
- The new medicine worked statistically better than the old one. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/statistically/#x4)
- Statistically, it rains on half the days in our town. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/statistically/#x5)
- The result was statistically significant, so it was not just luck. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/statistically/#x6)
- Statistically, you are very unlikely to win the lottery. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/statistically/#x7)

### Note

Spelling: statistic + ally. "Statistically likely" does not mean certain for every person. Pronounce "stuh-TIS-tik-lee".

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «statistically» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/statistically/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«statistically» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/statistically.html) on Mova free.