adaptively

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd

Proto-Italic *ad

Proto-Italic *ad-

Latin ad-

Proto-Italic *aptos

Latin aptus

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin apiō

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Italic *-tos

Latin -tus

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Latin -ō

Latin -tō

Latin aptō

Latin adaptōder.

Middle English *adapten

English adapt

Proto-Indo-European *-wós

Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder.

Latin -īvus

Old French -ifbor.

Middle English -yf

English -ive

English adaptive

Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.

Proto-Germanic *līkąder.

Proto-Germanic *-līkaz

Proto-Germanic *-ê

Proto-Germanic *-līkê

Proto-West Germanic *-līkē

Old English -līċe

Middle English -ly

English -ly

English adaptively

From adaptive + -ly.

Adverb

adaptively (comparative more adaptively, superlative most adaptively)

1. In an adaptive manner; with adaptation; in a fitting manner

   Synonym: fittingly

Related terms

• adapt
• adaptability
• adaptable
• adaptableness
• adaptably
• adaptation
• adaptational
• adaptative
• adaptatively
• adaptativeness
• adaptedness
• adapter
• adaption
• adaptional
• adaptitude
• adaptive
• adaptiveness
• adaptly
• adaptness
• adaptorial

Translations

in an adaptive manner

• Polish: adaptatywnie
• Portuguese: adaptativamente

References

• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “adaptively”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.