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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.
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