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parasitically

parasitically adverb: in a parasitic manner.

Adverb

parasitically (comparative more parasitically, superlative most parasitically)

  1. In a parasitic manner.
    • Similarly, plants and mycorrhizal fungi are no longer thought of as behaving either mutualistically or parasitically.2020, Merlin Sheldrake, Entangled Life

Forms of parasitically

comparativemore parasitically
superlativemost parasitically

Origin of parasitically

From parasitic + -ally.

Words formed from parasitically

Questions about parasitically

What does parasitically mean?
Parasitically means in a parasitic manner.
What part of speech is parasitically?
Parasitically is an adverb.

Words near parasitically in the dictionary

  1. parasitic elements
  2. parasitic gap
  3. parasitic gaps
  4. parasitic jaeger
  5. parasitical
  6. parasitically
  7. parasiticalness
  8. parasiticidal
  9. parasiticide
  10. parasiticides
  11. parasitics

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