evolutionary
[ev-uh-loo-shuh-ner-ee or, esp. British, ee-vuh-]
- pertaining to evolution or development; developmental: the evolutionary origin of species.
- of, relating to, or in accordance with a theory of evolution, especially in biology.
- pertaining to or performing evolutions.
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Origin of evolutionary
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Examples from the Web for evolutionary
Contemporary Examples
For his tireless assault on evolutionary biology and downsizing the deity to fit within science, I give Meyer second place.
To regain their relevancy, Democrats need to go back to their evolutionary roots.
It combines pickup techniques supposedly inspired by evolutionary psychology with self-help pseudoscience.
This change was relatively rapid in evolutionary terms, and a lot of diverse critters came out of it.
Why Did It Take So Long For Complex Life To Evolve On Earth? Blame Oxygen.Matthew R. Francis
November 2, 2014
Anyone who takes pot shots at a lovely wading bird is a hopeless defective, in my view, an evolutionary mistake.
Historical Examples
The latter was as evolutionary and as revolutionary as the Home Rule Bill.
The Grand Old ManRichard B. Cook
It had other, profounder consequences from the evolutionary point of view.
SocialismJohn Spargo
Butler's thought was too moving, too vital, too evolutionary, for the sceptics of his time.
Evolution in Modern ThoughtErnst Haeckel
Darwin was the greatest of prophets in the most evolutionary of worlds.
The Education of Henry AdamsHenry Adams
The problem as Geoffroy and Cuvier understood it was not an evolutionary one.
Form and FunctionE. S. (Edward Stuart) Russell
Word Origin and History for evolutionary
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