say it: an-uh-LIT-i-kuhl
analytical is an adjective meaning "using or skilled in using analysis (i.e., separating a whole--intellectual or substantial--into its elemental parts or basic principles)". It carries 2 recorded senses.
using or skilled in using analysis (i.e., separating a whole--intellectual or substantial--into its elemental parts or basic principles)
“an analytic experiment”
“an analytic approach”
“a keenly analytic man”
“analytical reasoning”
“an analytical mind”
of a proposition that is necessarily true independent of fact or experience
“`all spinsters are unmarried' is an analytic proposition”
logic
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for analytical come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.