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phonetically

/fəˈnɛtɪkli/ UK
/fəˈnɛtɪkli/ Canada, US
[fəˈnɛɾɪkli] Canada, US
/fəˈnetɪkli/ Australia

adverb more phonetically · most phonetically

In the way it sounds, particularly: written to describe the sound rather than the dictionary spelling. The hard words in the passage have been spelled phonetically.

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adv in the way it sounds

Español	fonéticamente
Português	foneticamente
Français	phonétiquement
Italiano	foneticamente

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@misc{phonetically_2026,
  title = {phonetically},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/phonetically},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}