generically

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Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os

Proto-Italic *genos

Latin genus, generis

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Proto-Indo-European *-ikos

Proto-Italic *-ikos

Latin -icuslbor.

Old French -ique

Middle French -ique

Middle French générique

English generic

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

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

Middle English -ally

English -ally

English generically

From generic + -ally.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʒəˈnɛɹɪkli/

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Adverb

generically (comparative more generically, superlative most generically)

1. In a generic manner.
   • 2016, Sarah E. Battersby, Daniel “daan” Strebe, Michael P. Finn, “Shapes on a plane: evaluating the impact of projection distortion on spatial binning, Cartography and Geographic Information Science”, in Cartography and Geographic Information Science, →DOI:

     There is only inflation or deflation of scale (which we refer to generically as "flation") from whatever is designated as the standard.

2. With regard to a genus.

   an animal generically distinct from another

Synonyms

• (generic manner): See also Thesaurus:generally