categorically

Language: en

🇺🇸 /ˌkætəˈgɑrɪkliː/

📖 Definitions

  1. adverb
    In an absolute, unconditional, and unqualified manner; without any exceptions or reservations.; In a manner relating to or by means of categories; in a way that classifies or divides into distinct groups.; In philosophy, in a manner that is unconditional and not dependent on any hypothesis or condition, as opposed to hypothetically.

🔗 Details

Word forms

Collocations

categorically denycategorically statecategorically rejectcategorically refusecategorically assertcategorically rule out

Derivatives

categorycategoricalcategorizecategorizationcategorisecategorisation

Synonyms

unequivocallyabsolutelyunconditionallydefinitivelyemphaticallyflatly

Antonyms

conditionallytentativelyambiguouslyequivocally

Commonly confused

categorically
EN: Often misspelled as 'categorically' with one 'l'; remember it comes from 'categorical' + '-ly', retaining the double 'l'.

Spelling tips

EN: Remember the double 'l' in 'categorically' (from 'categorical' + '-ly'). Also note the 'e' after 'g': cat-e-gorically, not 'catagorically'.

💬 Examples

  1. She categorically denied any involvement in the scandal.

  2. The data was categorically organized into three distinct groups for analysis.

  3. Kant argued that moral imperatives are categorically binding on all rational beings.