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asexually

asexually

1 7.0
In a way that makes new living things without sex, for example in plants or bacteria
  • adverb
  • /ˌeɪsɛkʃuəli/
  • Specialized
: asexualmente
  • Some species in harsh climates choose to reproduce asexually to maximize their chances of survival.
  • reproduce asexually

I'm going to say that angry white men have started to reproduce asexually and budding budding with pseudopod.

Examples

  • The organism can create offspring asexually, ensuring its survival without the need for a mate.

  • Many plants can reproduce asexually, allowing them to spread quickly in their environment.

  • Reproduction has taken place asexually.

    Joy of Sex (1984)

  • If you can find a person who has reproduced asexually, I would quit my job and take up that line of research.

    Blog text (23)

  • So what kinds of things reproduce asexually with none of this bacteria?

  • Like the sea squirt, it can reproduce asexually.

    Joy of Sex (1984)

  • Abe explained that they produced new individuals asexually, by gemmation or budding.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • Some species even toggle between reproducing sexually or asexually according to the degree of environmental instability.

    Academic text (2009)

  • In other studies, Barrow found two populations of fourwing saltbush growing in New Mexico that reproduce asexually, which is another survival mechanism.

    Academic text (1995)

  • "Our research emphasis is on improving gamagrass as a grazing crop for cattle," says Kindiger, "especially in making gamagrass reproduce asexually."

    Academic text (1997)

Synonyms

parthenogenetically
vsasexually
  • Specialized
1 9.9

In a way that makes animals or plants produce young without a male

is more general, covering any reproduction without sex cells not limited to unfertilized eggs

Antonyms

sexually
  • NSFW
455 4.6

In a way that has to do with making new life or private physical contact

Surface Forms

asexually positive

Morphology

asexually = asexual (transparent) = a + sex + ual + ly

The adverb is a regular formation from the adjective 'asexual' and means 'in an asexual way'.

Etymology

The word asexually starts with a- which means 'not' and has sex which means 'male and female' or 'sexual reproduction'. So, to reproduce asexually is to make new living things 'without sex', like a plant cutting that grows into a new plant.