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asexually

asexually adverb: in an asexual manner; without having sex.

Adverb

asexually (comparative more asexually, superlative most asexually)

  1. In an asexual manner; without having sex.
    • Amoebas reproduce asexually.
    • One of the pioneers was a French plant scientist named Georges Morel who figured out how to produce asexually thousands of identical orchids from one plant through cloning instead of breeding from seed.2019 April 10, Adrian Higgins, “This florist started caring for ailing orchids on the side. He’s now babysitting 13,000.”, in The Washington Post

Forms of asexually

comparativemore asexually
superlativemost asexually

Origin of asexually

From asexual + -ly.

Questions about asexually

What does asexually mean?
Asexually means in an asexual manner; without having sex.
What part of speech is asexually?
Asexually is an adverb.

Words near asexually in the dictionary

  1. asexualization
  2. asexualize
  3. asexualized
  4. asexualizes
  5. asexualizing
  6. asexually
  7. asexuals
  8. asexy
  9. asf
  10. asfarvirus
  11. asfarviruses

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