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extraterrestrially

extraterrestrially adverb: in an extraterrestrial way; not on Earth.

Adverb

extraterrestrially (not comparable)

  1. In an extraterrestrial way; not on Earth.
    • One can well imagine rational beings arising, either on earth or extraterrestrially, who could be biologically independent […]1998, Richard Dien Winfield, The Just Family

Origin of extraterrestrially

From extraterrestrial + -ly.

Questions about extraterrestrially

What does extraterrestrially mean?
Extraterrestrially means in an extraterrestrial way; not on Earth.
What part of speech is extraterrestrially?
Extraterrestrially is an adverb.

Words near extraterrestrially in the dictionary

  1. extraterrestrial dusts
  2. extraterrestrial religion
  3. extraterrestrial religions
  4. extraterrestriality
  5. extraterrestrialization
  6. extraterrestrially
  7. extraterrestrialness
  8. extraterrestrials
  9. extraterrestrian
  10. extraterritorial
  11. extraterritorialities

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