functionally
functionally adverb: in a functional manner.
Adverb
functionally (comparative more functionally, superlative most functionally)
- In a functional manner.
- The alliance that pushed the Inflation Reduction Act into law in August was always a somewhat fragile and ramshackle one: Green New Dealers and the coal-state senator Joe Manchin, carbon-capture geeks and environmental justice warriors, all herded together in the sort of big-tent play you get with...2022 October 5, David Wallace-Wells, “Progressives Should Rally Around a Clean Energy Construction Boom”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 03 Nov 2022
Examples of functionally in a sentence
- In the present study, the aporous sensillum (A5) embedded in a cavity is functionally classified as thermo-hygroreceptor.
- In most birds, the lung is functionally and anatomically subdivided into paleopulmo and neopulmo portions.
- The genon is therefore more akin to a program that results in a functionally active gene product.
Forms of functionally
| comparative | more functionally |
|---|---|
| superlative | most functionally |
Origin of functionally
From functional + -ly.
Words formed from functionally
Questions about functionally
- What does functionally mean?
- Functionally means in a functional manner.
- What part of speech is functionally?
- Functionally is an adverb.
Words near functionally in the dictionary
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