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maladaptively

maladaptively adverb: in a maladaptive manner.

Adverb

maladaptively (comparative more maladaptively, superlative most maladaptively)

  1. In a maladaptive manner.

Forms of maladaptively

comparativemore maladaptively
superlativemost maladaptively

Origin of maladaptively

From maladaptive + -ly.

Questions about maladaptively

What does maladaptively mean?
Maladaptively means in a maladaptive manner.
What part of speech is maladaptively?
Maladaptively is an adverb.

Words near maladaptively in the dictionary

  1. maladaptative
  2. maladapted
  3. maladapting
  4. maladaption
  5. maladaptive
  6. maladaptively
  7. maladaptiveness
  8. maladaptivity
  9. maladapts
  10. maladdress
  11. maladherence

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