sedimentarily

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adverb

As, or in terms of, sediment.

“Humus may accumulate both sedimentarily and sedentarily.”

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Meanings

adverbsedimentarily (not comparable)
  1. not comparableAs, or in terms of, sediment.

    Humus may accumulate both sedimentarily and sedentarily.

    1 more example

    The characteristics noted here are not universal for conditions in Germany because the samples were obtained from petrographically and sedimentarily different aquifers and some sites are represented by only a single sample.

    1992, Suzanne Lesage, Groundwater Contamination and Analysis at Hazardous Waste Sites

Origin

From sedimentary + -ly.

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APA

sedimentarily. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sedimentarily

MLA

“sedimentarily.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sedimentarily. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sedimentarily,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sedimentarily.

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