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deductively adverb uk /dɪˈdʌk.tɪv.li/ us /dɪˈdʌk.t̬ɪv.li/ in a way that reaches an answer or a decision by thinking carefully about the known facts: Scientific textbooks are usually written deductively. Her argument proceeds from accepted principles to conclusions that follow deductively from them. The conclusion of a story does not always follow deductively from the plot. His conclusions are not deductively valid. The investigators in these cases had to think deductively in order to find the source of the infection. The act of reasoning inductively aims to develop a theory, whereas reasoning deductively aims to test an existing theory. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Concluding and deducing analysis deduce deduce something from something deducible deductive diagnosis draw hypothetico-deductive impute something to someone in the last/final analysisidiom inconclusively induction inductive non-deductive put put something down to something put two and two together and make fiveidiom put two and two togetheridiom reason syllogism
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