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paraphyletically

paraphyletically adverb: in a paraphyletic manner.

Adverb

paraphyletically (not comparable)

  1. (rare) In a paraphyletic manner.

Origin of paraphyletically

From paraphyletic + -ally.

Questions about paraphyletically

What does paraphyletically mean?
Paraphyletically means in a paraphyletic manner.
What part of speech is paraphyletically?
Paraphyletically is an adverb.

Words near paraphyletically in the dictionary

  1. paraphrenitis
  2. paraphs
  3. paraphyla
  4. paraphylactic
  5. paraphyletic
  6. paraphyletically
  7. paraphyletism
  8. paraphylla
  9. paraphyllia
  10. paraphyllium
  11. paraphyllum

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