Meanings
adverbmonogamously (comparative more monogamously, superlative most monogamously)
comparative more monogamously · superlative most monogamously
- In a monogamous manner.
Their closest living relatives, deer mice, dwell in forests instead of open spaces, she learned, and they live promiscuously instead of monogamously.
2017 April 19, Carl Zimmer, “Why Are Some Mice (and People) Monogamous? A Study Points to Genes”, in The New York Times
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*men-
- Proto-Hellenic*mónwos
- Ancient Greekμόνος (mónos)
- Ancient Greekμονο- (mono-)
- Englishmono-
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵem-
- Ancient Greekγᾰ́μος (gắmos)
- Proto-Indo-European*h₃ed-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₃édosder.?
- Englishmonogamous
- Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
- Proto-Germanic*līką
- Englishmonogamously
From monogamous + -ly.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
APA
monogamously. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/monogamously
MLA
“monogamously.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/monogamously. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “monogamously,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/monogamously.
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