morphologicallyadv.
/ˌmɔːfəˈlɒdʒᵻkli/, U.S. /ˌmɔrfəˈlɑdʒək(ə)li/ In a morphological manner; in terms of or with reference to morphology (in various senses); as regards shape, form, or external structure.
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1848 A. Henfrey tr. M. J. Schleiden Plant iv. 100 The reproductive cells..in the Liver-worts and Mosses are found in a morphologically indefinite capsule [Ger. in einer ihrer morphologischen Bedeutung nach unbestimmten Kapsel].
1852 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 142 608 Its contents are chemically and morphologically identical with those of the visceral cavity of the same animal.
1868 F. M. Müller Sel. Ess. (1881) I. 83 It had been the custom in classifying languages morphologically to represent some languages..as isolating.
1878 H. P. Gurney Crystallogr. 40 Directions which are morphologically symmetrical—that is which make equal angles with similar faces.
1899 J. Cagney tr. R. von Jaksch Clin. Diagnosis (ed. 4) vi. 203 A definite and morphologically distinctive parasite occurs in the discharge of cholera patients.
1936 Bull. Amer. Assoc. Petroleum Geologists 20 851 The Alps are a unit not only morphologically but also in relation to orogenic history.
1966 D. G. Hays in Automatic Transl. of Lang. (NATO Summer School, Venice, 1962) 163 The two classes, X and Y, are not morphologically differentiated.
1992 Discover May 19/2 Cambrian arthropods should be much more diverse morphologically than their modern descendants.
2009 P. Schneider Tense & Aspect Eng. & German Introd. 4 In the lexical stage..verbs occur only in morphologically unmarked forms, which are referred to as ‘base’ forms or ‘default’ forms.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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