ecologically

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English ecology
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Proto-Indo-European *-ikos
Proto-Italic *-ikos
Latin -icuslbor.
Old French -iquebor.
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Latin -icusbor.
Middle English -ic
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-
Proto-Indo-European *-is
Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?
Proto-Italic *-ālis
Latin -ālislbor.
Old French -albor.
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Latin -ālis
Old French -elbor.
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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.

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    Adverb

    ecologically (comparative more ecologically, superlative most ecologically)

    1. In an ecological manner.
    2. Regarding ecology.
      • 2007, Derek Thomas, Architecture and the Urban Environment, Routledge, →ISBN, page 178:
        in a world where there are competing ends for the use of natural resources, and particularly energy forms, the aim of permaculture is to create productive systems which are ecologically sound and ecologically viable, provide for their own […]

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