generically

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/dʒəˈnɛɹɪkli/

adverb

In a generic manner.

“an animal generically distinct from another”

Less commonScrabble 17

Meanings

adverbgenerically (comparative more generically, superlative most generically)

comparative more generically · superlative most generically

  1. In a generic manner.

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

    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
  2. With regard to a genus.

    an animal generically distinct from another

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