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morphologically

morphologically adverb: with regard to morphology.

Adverb

morphologically (not comparable)

  1. With regard to morphology.
    • Although Roellobryon is morphologically similar to Rhodobryum and Rosulabryum, recent molecular studies suggest that it is closer to Mniaceae than Bryaceae.2014, Flora of North America North of Mexico, page 186
    • In a typical lexicalist approach (e.g. Koontz-Garboden 2006), the unmarked lexeme is taken as lexically listed, even if its meaning (as it often does) includes templatic entailments, and the derivational morphology is taken to operate on the underived form to yield the derived form. This is the...2014 September 25, Rochelle Lieber, Pavol Stekauer, editors, The Oxford Handbook of Derivational Morphology, page 347

Origin of morphologically

From morphological + -ly.

Words formed from morphologically

Questions about morphologically

What does morphologically mean?
Morphologically means with regard to morphology.
What part of speech is morphologically?
Morphologically is an adverb.

Words near morphologically in the dictionary

  1. morphological dictionary
  2. morphological freedom
  3. morphological pattern
  4. morphological patterns
  5. morphologicalized
  6. morphologically
  7. morphologies
  8. morphologisation
  9. morphologist
  10. morphologists
  11. morphologization

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