evolutionarily

1. 1.

   in an evolutionary way; from an evolutionary point of view

   “the mutation has been evolutionarily successful”

Questions about evolutionarily

What does evolutionarily mean?

evolutionarily means "in an evolutionary way; from an evolutionary point of view".

How many syllables are in evolutionarily?

evolutionarily has 8 syllables and divides as e-vo-lu-ti-o-na-ri-ly under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is evolutionarily a common word?

evolutionarily is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.