tactically

adverb

tac·​ti·​cal·​ly -aktə̇k(ə)lē 

-tēk-, 

-li

1

: in a tactical manner

handled his Army Corps tactically

—Current History

2

: in terms of or with regard to tactics

finds it tactically convenient to encourage the spread of this belief

—G. F. Hudson

3

: with regard to the study of tactics in linguistics

tactically equivalent to two or more morphemic categories

—W. L. Wonderly

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