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pertaining to or proceeding by -n-lysis (opposed to ).
skilled in or habitually using -n-lysis.
(of a language) characterized by a relatively frequent use of function words, auxiliary verbs, and changes in word order to express syntactic relations, rather than of inflected forms.
compare (def 3), (def 1).
logic. (of a proposition) necessarily true because its denial involves a contradiction, as “all husbands are married.”.
mathematics.

(of a function of a complex variable) having a first derivative at all points of a given domain; holomorphic; regular.
(of a curve) having parametric equations that represent -n-lytic functions.
(of a proof) using .

historical examples

-n-lytically, i might say i resent this new aristocracy of politics.
with a vengeance j. b. woodley

-n-lytically and synthetically we understand the god-idea as previous generations could not understand it.
theism or atheism chapman cohen

-n-lytically it is defined by an equation of the second degree of which the highest terms represent two imaginary lines.
encyclopaedia britannica, 11th edition, volume 9, slice 3 various

-n-lytically he was master of more of the fundamental rules of acting than even lawrence barrett who was an authority.
nat goodwin’s book nat c. goodwin

-n-lytically, objectively, he had thought out the whole thing.
hooded detective, volume iii no. 2, january, 1942 various

-n-lytically the next grade or stage is what the romanist calls juristic possession as distinguished from natural possession.
an introduction to the philosophy of law roscoe pound

-n-lytically, it is defined by an equation of the second degree, of which the highest terms have real roots (see conic section).
encyclopaedia britannica, 11th edition, volume 14, slice 2 various

adjective
relating to -n-lysis
capable of or given to -n-lysing: an -n-lytic mind
(linguistics) also isolating. denoting languages, such as chinese, whose morphology is characterized by -n-lysis compare synthetic (sense 3), agglutinative (sense 2), polysynthetic
(logic, of a proposition)

true by virtue of the meanings of the words alone without reference to the facts, as all spinsters are unmarried
true or false by virtue of meaning alone; so all spinsters are married is -n-lytically false compare synthetic (sense 4), a priori

(maths) also regular, holomorphic. (of a function of a complex variable) having a derivative at each point of its domain
adj.

c.1600, from medieval latin -n-lyticus, from greek -n-lytikos “-n-lytical,” from -n-lytos “dissolved” (see -n-lysis).

-n-lytic an·a·lyt·ic (ān’ə-lĭt’ĭk) or an·a·lyt·i·cal (-ĭ-kəl)
adj.

of or relating to -n-lysis or -n-lytics.

expert in or using -n-lysis, especially one who thinks in a logical manner.

psycho-n-lytic.