symbiotically
- adverb
- /ˌsɪm.biˈɑ.tɪ.kli/
- Some animals were meant to carry each other, to live symbiotically for a lifetime - star-crossed lovers, monogamous swans.
- live symbiotically
- bacteria that live symbiotically
Yeah, it's freaky when you start to think that you're essentially a host working symbiotically with all of these life forms to help us function and thrive.
- Yeah, it's freaky when you start to think that you're essentially a host working symbiotically with all of these life forms to help us function and thrive.
Examples
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If the shade trees include legumes, as is the case in many polycultural cacao farms, bacteria that live symbiotically in their roots supply the soil with usable nitrogen.
Academic text (2003) -
Two-shelled mollusks called bivalves, bacteria inhabiting the bivalves' gills, and seagrasses themselves all live symbiotically, new research reveals.
Blog text (30) -
The four steps of the educational process perform best when they work symbiotically.
Academic text (1999) -
The rest live symbiotically on the roots of living plants.
Academic text (1998) -
Look, throughout gestation, the zygote-embryo-fetus and the mother's body are symbiotically linked, existing in the same physical space and sharing the same risks.
Blog text (25) -
Yeah, it's freaky when you start to think that you're essentially a host working symbiotically with all of these life forms to help us function and thrive.
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Clownfish live symbiotically with anemones, darting in and out of the anemones' tentacles, immune to their stings.
Academic text (2003) -
Clownfish live symbiotically with anemones, darting in and out of the anemones' tentacles, immune to their stings.
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The bacteria in question are not disease organisms; rather, they live symbiotically with their scale-insect hosts, a relationship that is vital to both organisms.
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If the shade trees include legumes, as is the case in many polycultural cacao farms, bacteria that live symbiotically in their roots supply the soil with usable nitrogen.
Antonyms
How Interdependent
- Specialized
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word symbiotically comes from two Greek parts meaning 'together', sym-, and 'life', bio, the same bio you see in biology. So to act symbiotically is to 'live together' in a close partnership that helps both sides.