ecologicallyadv.
/ˌiːkəˈlɒdʒᵻkli/, /ˌɛkəˈlɒdʒᵻkli/, U.S. /ˌɛkəˈlɑdʒək(ə)li/, /ˌikəˈlɑdʒək(ə)li/ In an ecological manner; in terms of ecology.
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ecologically1897
1897 Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 24 179 Broadly speaking, the order Portulaceae is an American order, and is interesting to the botanist morphologically, as well as ecologically.
1935 Times 6 Mar. 10/3 We know that in some cases ecologically related trees can well gain the freedom of another country.
1957 G. E. Hutchinson Treat. Limnol. I. xv. 826 Even more important ecologically is Droop's..finding that the very important marine plankton diatom Skeletonema costata requires cyanocobalamin.
2004 New Statesman 6 Sept. 29/2 Oil and gas income was also used to pay for reindustrialisation and subsidies to small-scale, ecologically friendly agriculture.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adv.1897- to live in etc
- to live in god
- to live in oneself
- to live in pension
- to live in sin
- to live in the moment
- to live in the past
- to live large
- to live life in the fast lane
- to live like a king
- to live like a lord
- to live like a pig in clover
- to live like a prince
- to live like a queen
- to live like fighting cocks
- to live low off the hog
- to live low on the hog
- to live maigre
- to live of one's purchase
- to live off
- to live off the land
- to live off the the country
- to live on
- to live on capital
- to live on one's capital