Added 1 October 2026 phonetically /fəˈnɛtɪkli/ adverb Categories: Describing WordsRare Words adverb ! Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about phonetically at Wordnik → Where our words come from → 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. Related Words: aurallyphonicallyphonematicallygraphophonicallynonphoneticallyphonotypicallyunphoneticallyacrophonicallyphonemicallyphonologicallyscriballyallophonically Back to today's word