Definition of "instrumentally" [in•stru•men•tal•ly]

• By means of an instrument or agency; as means to an end (adverb)
• With instruments of music; (adverb)

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• "Normative hedonism is the claim that only pleasure has value and only pain has disvalue non-instrumentally, that is, independently of the value of anything they might cause or prevent."
• "But as knives are instruments of good as well as mayhem, we have problems with not “put [ting] into the hands of a few hateful actors an ability to instrumentally ... disrupt others” (with the potential “disrupt” far beyond classroom trouble)."
• "The London Symphony played on part of the record, so some of the scenes in Bridget Jones used some of the parts where the London Symphony is playing instrumentally."