How to Use phonetically in a Sentence

phonetically

adverb

• In the 1800s, schools began to teach students to read phonetically, by sounding out words.
  — Austin Sarat, The Conversation, 23 July 2026
• Knowing that nostalgia would appeal to soldiers far from home, Kim’s mother bought a Rosemary Clooney album on the black market, and taught the songs phonetically to the girls.
  — Margaret Heidenry, Vanity Fair, 24 Feb. 2026
• In the region of Fujian in southeastern China, where southern Min languages are spoken, the local word for tea is pronounced te (phonetically tê, pronounced as tay).
  — Charles Preston, Encyclopedia Britannica, 21 Mar. 2026
• The women’s names were often spelled phonetically—differently by French, English, and Scottish writers—or recorded only as someone’s wife.
  — Jackie Snow, IEEE Spectrum, 13 May 2026
• The original bill, House Bill 253, would ban teachers from using three-cueing, a method of teaching that encourages students to guess unfamiliar words based on pictures or context clues, rather than decode the words phonetically.
  — Keely Doll, Louisville Courier Journal, 24 Mar. 2026