evolutionarily
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- adverb
- /ˌɛvəˈluːʃənˌɛrɪli/
- Specialized
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evolutivamente
- So the humans are really evolutionarily designed to grow, mature and reproduce.
- evolutionarily conserved
- evolutionarily significant
- evolutionarily important
Irony of ironies, but that's the way an evolutionarily derived mind works.
- Irony of ironies, but that's the way an evolutionarily derived mind works.
- But I don't think that that is an evolutionarily ancient tendency.
- And and your mind, I think evolutionarily we're wired to never be satisfied.
- It is an evolutionarily installed system to alert us to threats.
- It's got a shaky foundation evolutionarily.
- And my point was, evolutionarily speaking, this looks like a pleiotropic effect.
- And that struck me as odd, because the visual spatial world precedes language evolutionarily.
Examples
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Aunt Lindsay had done her dissertation on how the shape of African termite mounds was evolutionarily designed to communicate with other termite colonies.
Fiction book (1999) -
Biological communities that evolve in the storm paths are evolutionarily adapted to respond to these periodic natural disturbances.
Academic text (1993) -
Sharks are evolutionarily older than trees.
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These are our ancestors, and evolutionarily they were selected because they were leading the group.
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Where could such an organelle come from evolutionarily speaking?
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And my point was, evolutionarily speaking, this looks like a pleiotropic effect.
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There are socially maladaptive behaviors that were evolutionarily useful but now, not so much.
Blog text (28) -
For a population to be considered an ESU, it must differ from other populations in an evolutionarily important way.
Academic text (1991) -
Evolutionarily, surviving blood loss and dehydration is more critical than extending old age.
Academic text (2008) -
Sharks are evolutionarily older than trees, showing how some species have existed much longer than others.
Synonyms
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In a way that shows species have the same ancestor
How Time-Based
- Specialized
- Specialized
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3.8
- Specialized
Surface Forms
Morphology
evolutionarily = evolutionary (transparent) = evolution + ary + ly
Formed by adding -ly to the adjective 'evolutionary', so the adverbial meaning is predictably derived from 'evolution'/'evolutionary'.
Etymology
Evolutionarily comes from evolution and the verb evolve, which mean 'to unfold' or 'to change slowly', like a leaf opening. So when we say something is evolutionarily explained, we mean it is shown by long, slow changes that helped living things survive.