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Lossily is an English word. Below you'll find 4 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Lossily in a sentence

Lossily meaning

In a lossy way.

Using Lossily

  • The main meaning on this page is: In a lossy way.
  • In the example corpus, lossily often appears in combinations such as: lossily compressed.

Context around Lossily

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 30.5 words
  • Position in the sentence: 2 start, 1 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

compressed 1× smaller 1× editing 1×

Often after:

compressed 3×

Sentence patterns with Lossily

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

a smaller lossily compressed file 1× been compressed lossily is decoded 1× of a lossily compressed file 1× that editing lossily compressed files 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

if data which 1× processing of a 1× some audio formats 1× transcoding and editing 1×

Common sentence endings:

an uncompressed original 1× cannot be recovered 1× lossily compressed file 1× the re encoding 1×

Words around Lossily

Just before it in the word index:

lossiemouth 46 lossie 4 lossiah 2 losses 4.344 lossed 2 losse 2

Just after it in the word index:

lossky 2 lossl 3 lossless 87 losslessly 4 lossmaking 2 lossow 5

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaaaand 6 aaah 6 aaargh 6 aacl 6 aadhi 6 aak 6

Corpus analysis for Lossily

  • In this selection, "lossily" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 30.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, compressed, smaller, editing and compressed stand out and add context to how "lossily" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include a smaller lossily compressed file and been compressed lossily is decoded. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "lossily" sits close to words such as aaaaand, aaah and aaargh, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with lossily

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Transcoding and editing details An important caveat about lossy compression (formally transcoding), is that editing lossily compressed files causes digital generation loss from the re-encoding. (26 words)

Processing of a lossily compressed file for some purpose usually produces a final result inferior to the creation of the same compressed file from an uncompressed original. (27 words)

Some audio formats feature a combination of a lossy format and a lossless correction which when combined reproduce the original signal; the correction can be stripped, leaving a smaller, lossily compressed, file. (32 words)

Longer example sentences

If data which has been compressed lossily is decoded and compressed losslessly, the size of the result can be comparable with the size of the data before lossy compression, but the data already lost cannot be recovered. (37 words)

Some audio formats feature a combination of a lossy format and a lossless correction which when combined reproduce the original signal; the correction can be stripped, leaving a smaller, lossily compressed, file. (32 words)

Processing of a lossily compressed file for some purpose usually produces a final result inferior to the creation of the same compressed file from an uncompressed original. (27 words)

Example sentences (4)

If data which has been compressed lossily is decoded and compressed losslessly, the size of the result can be comparable with the size of the data before lossy compression, but the data already lost cannot be recovered.

Processing of a lossily compressed file for some purpose usually produces a final result inferior to the creation of the same compressed file from an uncompressed original.

Some audio formats feature a combination of a lossy format and a lossless correction which when combined reproduce the original signal; the correction can be stripped, leaving a smaller, lossily compressed, file.

Transcoding and editing details An important caveat about lossy compression (formally transcoding), is that editing lossily compressed files causes digital generation loss from the re-encoding.

Common combinations with lossily

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "lossily" in a sentence?
An example: "If data which has been compressed lossily is decoded and compressed losslessly, the size of the result can be comparable with the size of the data before lossy compression, but the data already lost cannot be recovered." This page contains 4 example sentences with the word "lossily" from authentic English texts.
What does "lossily" mean?
Lossily means: In a lossy way.
How many example sentences with "lossily" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 4 example sentences with "lossily", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.