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developˈmentally, adv. [f. developmental a. + -ly2.] In relation or reference to development.
1849–52Owen in Todd Cycl. Anat. IV. 873/1 The investigation..of this vast subject zootomically, developmentally, and microscopically. 1863Huxley Man's Place Nat. iii. 148 The base of the skull may be demonstrated developmentally to be its relatively fixed part. 1874Carpenter Ment. Phys. ii. xv. (1879) 571 The retina may be developmentally regarded as a kind of off-shoot from the optic ganglion. |