tautologously
tautologously adverb: in a tautologous manner.
Adverb
tautologously (comparative more tautologously, superlative most tautologously)
- In a tautologous manner.
- Any gene that behaves in such a way as to increase its own survival chances in the gene pool at the expense of its alleles will, by definition, tautologously, tend to survive.1976, Richard Dawkins, The Selfish Gene, Kindle edition, OUP Oxford, published 2016, page 46
Forms of tautologously
| comparative | more tautologously |
|---|---|
| superlative | most tautologously |
Origin of tautologously
From tautologous + -ly.
Questions about tautologously
- What does tautologously mean?
- Tautologously means in a tautologous manner.
- What part of speech is tautologously?
- Tautologously is an adverb.
Words near tautologously in the dictionary
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