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biologically

biologically

41 3.8
In a way that has to do with living things and their bodies
  • adverb
  • /baɪəˈlɒdʒɪkli/
translation icon : biológicamente
  • But we're biologically wired to be in connection.
  • biologically based
  • biologically determined
  • biologically plausible

Stimuli questions, no, although biologically they exist, potentially.

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Examples

  • The basic thing is still sex is biologically determined.

  • Biologically speaking, you and I should be mating right now.

  • And, and so, you know, we age biologically at different rates.

  • And you say this is what I was biologically designed to do.

  • The ability to feel connected is why we're all here biologically, it shows this.

  • So we are biologically wired not to want to change.

  • Biologically, they are light years ahead of little boys.

  • Economically, this is a sound system, but biologically it can produce ruin.

    Academic text (1999)
  • Indeed, experience has shown that certain classes of compounds can be biologically degraded fairly easily.

    Academic text (1991)
  • All living organisms reproduce biologically through various methods.

Synonyms

biotically
vsbiologically
  • Specialized
7.5

In a way that involves living things such as bacteria or plants

is broader and relates generally to living organisms not only causal involvement
biogenetically
vsbiologically
  • Specialized
8.6

Made by living things such as plants and bacteria

is broader and relates generally to living organisms not only to origin or production

How Biological

genetically
  • Specialized
186 4.6
biologically
41 3.8
sociobiologically
  • Specialized
9.9
socially
181 1.6
culturally
74 3.7

Surface Forms

biologically positive

Morphology

biologically = biological (transparent) = biological + ly

Formed by adding the adverbial suffix '-ly' to the familiar adjective 'biological', a routine and predictable word-formation.

Etymology

The word biologically comes from the Greek root bios meaning 'life' and the part -logy meaning 'study', as in biology. So biologically means 'in a way that has to do with life or living things'.