phonetically
/fəˈnɛtɪkli/
adverb
- In a way that relates to the sounds of speech or to phonetic representation.
- She wrote the word phonetically so her friend could pronounce it correctly.
- The word 'knight' is spelled with a 'k', but phonetically it starts with the /n/ sound.
- Phonetically, the two vowels in 'beat' and 'bit' are very different.