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agriculturally

agriculturally

1 4.1
In a way that is about farming and growing crops
  • adverb
  • /ˌæɡrɪˈkʌltʃərəli/
: agrícolamente
  • First, the sample involved students in a state with an agriculturally based economy and no major metropolitan area over 300,000.
  • agriculturally based
  • agriculturally important
  • agriculturally productive

Examples

  • Actually, most agriculturally important crops in the United States came from other places on the globe.

    Academic text (2003)
  • In an area that is agriculturally based and has abundant farmers' markets, farm stands, and gardens, this lack is notable.

    Academic text (2003)
  • Iraq seriously needs to become self-sufficient agriculturally for food security.

    Blog text (18)
  • Pretty soon, a lot of farmers are going to need to replace what they have with something that's both agriculturally and environmentally sound.

    Academic text (2002)
  • Agriculturally, an integrated agro-ecosystem has many advantages over the monoculture technology of the modern food system.

    Academic text (2004)
  • Traditionally, Korea had an agriculturally based polity ruled by a dynastic government not unlike China and Japan.

    Academic text (1994)
  • The impounded water frequently covers valuable, agriculturally productive, alluvial bottomland.

    Academic text (2002)
  • All subjects were from Muscatine, a small agriculturally based, Midwestern city with approximately 24,000 people in southeastern Iowa.

    Academic text (1992)
  • The areas with the greatest loss of cropland are marginal agriculturally, with soils of low inherent fertility and topography unsuited to modern farm machinery.

    Academic text (2001)
  • In the agriculturally advanced regions, farmers use modern technology to increase their crop yields.

Synonyms

horticulturally
vsagriculturally
  • Specialized
1 8.0

In a way connected to growing and caring for garden plants

is broader, applying to general farm production not only gardens and ornamentals
agronomically
vsagriculturally
  • Specialized
1 7.8

In a way that relates to farming and how crops grow

is broader, covering farming in general rather than scientific details

How Garden-Related

horticulturally
  • Specialized
1 8.0
botanically
1 5.2
agriculturally
1 4.1

Surface Forms

agriculturally positive

Morphology

agriculturally = agricultural (transparent) = agriculture + al + ly

Formed by adding the productive adverbial suffix '-ly' to the adjective 'agricultural', producing a predictable adverbial meaning.

Etymology

Agriculturally comes from agri- meaning 'field' and -culture meaning 'to grow or care for', like in cultivate. So, it means 'in a way that relates to farming'.