sedimentarily

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

sedimentary +‎ -ly

Adverb[edit]

sedimentarily (not comparable)

  1. As, or in terms of, sediment.
    Humus may accumulate both sedimentarily and sedentarily.
    • 1992, Suzanne Lesage, Groundwater Contamination and Analysis at Hazardous Waste Sites:
      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.