evolutionarily
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.39 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
6
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
In a manner relating to evolution or slow development.
adv
From the perspective of evolution.
Example Sentences
- "The basic tool for work in evolutionary game theory is the notion of an evolutionarily stable strategy (ESS)."
- "It is a commonplace in psychology that higher animals are evolutionarily equipped to recognize various facial expressions, postures, gestures, and voice tones as indicative of future behavior."
- "Third, more intelligent individuals stay healthier and live longer than less intelligent individuals possibly because they are better able to recognize and deal effectively with evolutionarily novel threats and dangers to health in modern society."
Etymology
Etymology tree English evolution Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusder. Middle English -arie English -ary English evolutionary Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English evolutionarily From evolutionary + -ly.
Inflected Forms
more evolutionarily (comparative)
most evolutionarily (superlative)