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erosively

erosively adverb: through erosion.

Adverb

erosively (comparative more erosively, superlative most erosively)

  1. Through erosion.
    • Ages have passed since the salt waters of the Severn estuary pressed on into the heart of England, and cut erosively the Red Sandstone cliffs of Bridgnorth, still scored with their water-marks.1856, Edwin Lees, Pictures of Nature in the Silurian Region Around the Malvern Hills and Vale of Severn

Forms of erosively

comparativemore erosively
superlativemost erosively

Origin of erosively

From erosive + -ly.

Questions about erosively

What does erosively mean?
Erosively means through erosion.
What part of speech is erosively?
Erosively is an adverb.

Words near erosively in the dictionary

  1. erosional
  2. erosionally
  3. erosionproof
  4. erosions
  5. erosive
  6. erosively
  7. erosiveness
  8. erosivities
  9. erosivity
  10. erostrate
  11. erotema

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