instrumentally

Definition

By means of an instrument or agency; as means to an end

Etymology

From instrumental + -ly.

Example Sentences

• "They will argue that the end being essentially beneficial, the means become instrumentally so."
• "Institutionally based, restrictive relationships, such as those among family members or professional colleagues, must thus be contrasted with instrumentally based, nonrestrictive relationships serving the aims of practical pursuits, such as those between freely practicing experts and their clients or between sellers and buyers. In instrumentally structured situations it is not necessary for the participants to curb their needs, because the mere expression of needs in no way compels others to gratify them, as it tends to do in the family."
• "an instrumentally accompanied song"