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pertaining to or proceeding by analysis (opposed to ).
skilled in or habitually using analysis.
(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 analytic functions.
(of a proof) using .

Historical Examples

analytically, I might say I resent this new aristocracy of politics.
With a Vengeance J. B. Woodley

analytically and synthetically we understand the god-idea as previous generations could not understand it.
Theism or Atheism Chapman Cohen

analytically 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

analytically 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

analytically, objectively, he had thought out the whole thing.
Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942 Various

analytically 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

analytically, 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 analysis
capable of or given to analysing: an analytic mind
(linguistics) Also isolating. denoting languages, such as Chinese, whose morphology is characterized by analysis 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 analytically 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 analyticus, from Greek analytikos “analytical,” from analytos “dissolved” (see analysis).

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

Of or relating to analysis or analytics.

Expert in or using analysis, especially one who thinks in a logical manner.

Psychoanalytic.