Definition of "arithmetically" []

• In an arithmetic manner; respecting arithmetic. (adverb)

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• "What I was suggesting was that the ratio of government spending to real GDP would be reduced arithmetically by an increase in the denominator."
• "To begin with, I owe so much in back taxes that it is very nearly impossible arithmetically to even the score by writing, and I have acquired other personal, moral, and financial responsibilities."
• "Getting from there to anywhere close to here by "worker activism, new laws and court decisions" seems arithmetically impossible, even if somehow 100% of the entire economic output of the nation had been directed to work compensation and improving workplace conditions. ivan: Yes, a weaker claim would have been less the perfect self-caricature that so tickled our host."