analytical

[an-l-it-i-kuhl] / ˌæn lˈɪt ɪ kəl /

ADJECTIVE

examining

Synonyms

STRONGEST

analytic cogent detailed diagnostic interpretive investigative penetrating rational scientific systematic thorough

WEAK

conclusive discrete dissecting explanatory expository inquiring inquisitive judicious logical organized perceptive perspicuous precise problem-solving questioning ratiocinative reasonably searching solid sound studious subtle testing valid

Antonyms

STRONGEST

cursory

WEAK

chaotic disorganized illogical synthetical unsystematic

Example Sentences

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To improve recycling rates, Kevin Schug, the Shimadzu Distinguished Professor of Analytical Chemistry at The University of Texas at Arlington, is working on new ways to separate and recycle mixed plastics.

From Science Daily • May 22, 2024

Olympic Analytical Laboratory, which he started two years before the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles and led until 2007.

From New York Times • Feb. 15, 2024

For example, Everyday Health notes that "A study published in August of 2016 in the Journal of Analytical Toxicology found measurable alcohol in bananas, apple juice, and bread."

From Salon • Nov. 11, 2022

Months before he was set to retire, Shaquille O’Neal had an idea: get rid of Charles or Kenny and make way for the Big Analytical.

From Washington Post • Nov. 9, 2022

The most convenient of these is Young’s Analytical Concordance, published in Edinburgh in 1879, and since revised and reissued.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 7 "Columbus" to "Condottiere" by Various

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