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atavistically

atavistically adverb: in an atavistic manner.

Adverb

atavistically (comparative more atavistically, superlative most atavistically)

  1. In an atavistic manner.

Forms of atavistically

comparativemore atavistically
superlativemost atavistically

Origin of atavistically

From atavistic + -ally.

Questions about atavistically

What does atavistically mean?
Atavistically means in an atavistic manner.
What part of speech is atavistically?
Atavistically is an adverb.

Words near atavistically in the dictionary

  1. atavism
  2. atavisms
  3. atavist
  4. atavistic
  5. atavistical
  6. atavistically
  7. atavists
  8. ataxaphasia
  9. ataxia
  10. ataxia-telangiectasia
  11. ataxiagraph

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