morphologically

/ˌmɔrfəˈlɑdʒɪkli/
adverb
  1. In a way that relates to the form and structure of words in a language.
    • Linguists study how languages change morphologically over time.
    • The student analyzed the sentence morphologically to understand each word's parts.
    • The two words are morphologically similar, both using the same suffix.
  2. In a way that relates to the form and structure of living organisms or other systems.
    • The fossils were compared morphologically to determine if they belonged to the same species.
    • The two species look morphologically alike but have different genetic codes.
    • These plants are morphologically distinct, with different leaf shapes and flower structures.
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