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dysgenically

dysgenically adverb: in a dysgenic manner.

Adverb

dysgenically (comparative more dysgenically, superlative most dysgenically)

  1. In a dysgenic manner.
    • Refusing the idea that poor whites of the South were racially degenerate or dysgenically mixed, they argued instead that poor whites were suffering from chronic disease, the effects of which were commonly mistaken for degeneracy.2006, Matt Wray, Not Quite White, page 96

Forms of dysgenically

comparativemore dysgenically
superlativemost dysgenically

Origin of dysgenically

From dysgenic + -ally.

Questions about dysgenically

What does dysgenically mean?
Dysgenically means in a dysgenic manner.
What part of speech is dysgenically?
Dysgenically is an adverb.

Words near dysgenically in the dictionary

  1. dysgenetic
  2. dysgenetically
  3. dysgenetics
  4. dysgenic
  5. dysgenical
  6. dysgenically
  7. dysgenicity
  8. dysgenics
  9. dysgeogenous
  10. dysgerminoma
  11. dysgerminomas

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