erosively

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adverb

Through erosion.

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Meanings

adverberosively (comparative more erosively, superlative most erosively)

comparative more erosively · superlative most erosively

  1. Through erosion.

    Ages have passed since the salt waters of the Severn estuary pressed on into the heart of England, and cut erosively the Red Sandstone cliffs of Bridgnorth, still scored with their water-marks.

    1856, Edwin Lees, Pictures of Nature in the Silurian Region Around the Malvern Hills and Vale of Severn

Origin

From erosive + -ly.

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APA

erosively. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/erosively

MLA

“erosively.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/erosively. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “erosively,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/erosively.

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