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Vinony

evolutionarily

adverb

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Wiktionary

adv

Etymology: Etymology tree English evolution Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos 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.

  1. In a manner relating to evolution or slow development.
  2. From the perspective of evolution.

    “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.”