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单词 parasitically
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parasiticallyadv.

Brit. /ˌparəˈsɪtᵻkli/, U.S. /ˌpɛrəˈsɪdᵻk(ə)li/
Forms: 1500s parasiticallie, 1600s– parasitically.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: parasitical adj., -ly suffix2.
Etymology: < parasitical adj. + -ly suffix2.
In the manner of a parasite (in various senses).
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the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > inferior thing > [adverb] > in a parasitic manner
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the world > life > biology > balance of nature > organisms in interrelationship > [adverb] > parasites
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the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > servile flattery or currying favour > [adverb] > in manner of parasite
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1588 A. Fraunce Arcadian Rhetorike ii. iii. sig. I7v The gesture must followe the change..of the voyce, answering thereunto in euerie respect: yet not parasiticallie as stage plaiers vse.
1635 E. Pagitt Christianographie 229 Boniface..parasitically insinuated with the Emperour Phocas.
?1706 E. Hickeringill Priest-craft: 2nd Pt. iv. 46 Priests..devoted to Ambition, are apt enough Parasitically to give to Princes more than their due.
1834 Perth Gaz. 10 May 283 Fine loranthus..grows parasitically on the wattle trees at the head of the Swan.
1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. xiv. 95 Minor oscillations..cover parasitically the large ones of a vibrating string.
1909 W. James Mem. & Stud. (1911) viii. 202 If there were in the universe a lot of diffuse soul-stuff..it might get its head into the air, parasitically, so to speak, by profiting by weak spots in the armour of human minds.
1995 BBC Good Food Aug. 69/2 It sprouts aerial roots from its fleshy stem which cling parasitically to the trunks of lofty trees deep in the tropical rainforests of the mountainous heartland.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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