Theoretically we might expect a higher grade of tradition among a partially civilized people; but on the other hand, what need had the Nahuas or Mayas of oral tradition when they had the art of recording events?
The words bore good fruit with young Jolyon; they were contrary to all that he believed in, to all that he theoretically held good in his Art, but some strange, deep instinct moved him against his will to turn them to profit.
The mother of the young 'Grundys' countered him at once: In practice she agreed that they were out of place, but theoretically she could not see why they should not climb.
Theoretically the Protestant may hold that 'doing ends in death,' and he may sing these words on Sunday; but his whole life on week days is occupied in strenuous 'doing.
Both theoretically and practically this power of framing abstract concepts is one of the sublimest of our human prerogatives.
It has an imperishable use in human life, but that use is not to make us theoretically acquainted with the essential nature of reality--just what it is I can perhaps suggest to you a little later.
Theoretically there are two possible modes of action: antitoxin may act by means of the cells of the body, i.
In view of the fact that antitoxin has a direct action on toxin, we may say that theoretically this may take place in one of two ways.
Between social life and non-social life there are no gradations, theoretically there is a gulf.
Or is it best to interpret them broadly, running the opposite risk of giving them a meaning, theoretically perhaps more acceptable, but historically less true?
In point of symmetry the method is undoubtedly admirable; theoretically perfect now as it was then.
The assisted emigration of discharged prisoners supplies the easiest means of providing them with that honest labour which is theoretically supposed to preserve them from a relapse into crime.
But what is theoretically possible is not always practically possible.
The railways undoubtedly possess great powers which theoretically there is nothing to prevent their abusing to almost any extent.
But of all the evil that is theoretically possible, how much is carried out in practice?
The President of the United States possesses great powers, which theoretically he might abuse to any extent; so does the Queen of England; so do many other potentates.
In public and civil life, in the administration of justice and the habits of the people, the Christian spirit, theoretically at least, and often also practically, was still everywhere present.
Theoretically education in Roumania is everything that can be desired; practically it is still far otherwise.
Theoretically the sacraments were believed to confer grace, "the fulness of divine life," upon the recipients and to make them different persons with new characters.
The Deputy Forester must be a man practically and theoretically educated in silviculture, and under the State Forester has supervision of forestry work.
We cannot, indeed, theoretically know that it is realisable.
These ideas are not theoretically valid, but their validity is practically established by the pure practical reason, which does not yield speculative truth, but prescribes its principles “dogmatically” in the form of imperatives to the will.
Those who con it over theoretically can hardly realize the operation of the host of retarding influences that belong to a Polar night.
Under these circumstances, theoretically so favorable, this Arctic phenomenon became the most prominent feature in the scene.
Cavalry Officers’ Brigade Schools educate officers of that arm, theoretically as well as practically, in all their duties.
Topographical survey of a locality (theoretically and practically,) theorectically the average number at a lesson would not be more than twenty-three.
Topographical survey of a locality (theoretically and practically,) reconnoitring, geometrical triangulation, detailed survey.
The Generals of Brigade will explain theoretically to the superior Officers and Captains, and these latter to their own companies, the nature of service in the field.
The whole evangelical church recognizes theoretically at least the utter insufficiency of man’s own righteousness.
Theoretically most of us believe this but do we, in our real thought of Him and in our practical attitude towards Him treat Him as if He were indeed a Person?
That the festival occurred, theoretically at least, at intervals of thirty years, appears to be unquestionable; for in the Greek text of the Rosetta Stone Ptolemy V.
The teachers were theoretically subject to his control, but the divisions were so large that it was impossible for him to exercise control very effectively.
Of the former, Mayon, in the province of Albay, is the delight of the vulcanologist and of the layman alike on account of its exquisite form, which is that of the theoretically perfect volcano.
We are on the border of the enemy territory, theoretically on it already, and the officers are very busy this evening, for we have many uncertainties ahead of us.
Don’t you know that you are at least theoreticallyunder arrest?
In Mexico, at the period of the Conquest, the absolute equality of the male and female principles was theoretically maintained.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "theoretically" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
