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sedimentarily

sedimentarily adverb: as, or in terms of, sediment.

Adverb

sedimentarily (not comparable)

  1. As, or in terms of, sediment.
    • Humus may accumulate both sedimentarily and sedentarily.
    • The characteristics noted here are not universal for conditions in Germany because the samples were obtained from petrographically and sedimentarily different aquifers and some sites are represented by only a single sample.1992, Suzanne Lesage, Groundwater Contamination and Analysis at Hazardous Waste Sites

Origin of sedimentarily

From sedimentary + -ly.

Questions about sedimentarily

What does sedimentarily mean?
Sedimentarily means as, or in terms of, sediment.
What part of speech is sedimentarily?
Sedimentarily is an adverb.

Words near sedimentarily in the dictionary

  1. sedimentable
  2. sedimentaceous
  3. sedimentaclastic
  4. sedimental
  5. sedimentaries
  6. sedimentarily
  7. sedimentary
  8. sedimentary basin
  9. sedimentary basins
  10. sedimentary rock
  11. sedimentary rocks

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