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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.

Meanings

1. In a manner relating to evolution or slow development.
2. (qualifier:domain; evolutionary theory; domain; evolutionary theory) From the perspective of evolution.
   • 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. 2008, Anthony Walsh, Kevin M.Beaver, editors, Biosocial Criminology: New Directions in Theory and Research:
   • The basic tool for work in evolutionary game theory is the notion of an evolutionarily stable strategy (ESS). 1998, Larry Samuelson, Evolutionary Games and Equilibrium Selection:
   • 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. 2003, Gilles Fauconnier, Mark Turner, The Way We Think: Conceptual Blending and the Mind's Hidden Complexities:

Forms

Deriveds

evolutionarily stable strategy · microevolutionarily · coevolutionarily

Translations (3)

ru эволюцио́нно (from the perspective of evolution) · ru эволюцио́нно (in an evolutionary manner) · it evolutivamente (from the perspective of evolution)