adv
Meaning 1
In an ecological manner.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
ecologically
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adv
Meaning 2
regarding ecology
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
adverb
Meaning 3
with respect to ecology
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- ecologically speaking, this idea is brilliant; economically, it is a disaster
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English ecology Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ic Proto-Indo-European *h2el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ical English -ical English ecological 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 ecologically From ecological + -ly.
Across languages
Translations
14 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: ecològicament — in an ecological manner
- Finnish: ekologisesti — in an ecological manner
- French: écologiquement — in an ecological manner
- Galician: ecoloxicamente — in an ecological manner
- Georgian: ეკოლოგიურად (eḳologiurad) — in an ecological manner
- German: ökologisch — in an ecological manner
- Italian: ecologicamente — in an ecological manner
- Occitan: ecologicament — in an ecological manner
- Polish: ekologicznie — in an ecological manner
- Portuguese: ecologicamente — in an ecological manner
- Russian: экологи́чески (ekologíčeski) — in an ecological manner
- Spanish: ecológicamente — in an ecological manner
- Volapük: köologiko — in an ecological manner
- Volapük: köologo — in an ecological manner