Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In an adaptive manner; with adaptation; in an adjusted or fitting manner; with fitness: as, “adaptively modified structures,” Owen, Class. of Mammalia.
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- adverb In an
adaptive manner; withadaptation ; in anadjusted orfitting manner; withfitness .
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Examples
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First, Hillary provides us with examples of several unique attributes that are required of leaders at any level in any organization in the world today, such as being a continuous learner, being resilient, and being "adaptively" authentic.
Rebecca Shambaugh: Why Focus on Leadership Lessons From Hillary Clinton Now? 2010
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Most wild animals are adaptively fit, energetic, and healthy.
What a Bunch of Apes! « L.E. Modesitt, Jr. – The Official Website 2009
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However, in the long run blame only works adaptively if it correctly identifies causes...
David Tuckett: Making Markets Safer (Excerpt) David Tuckett 2012
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However, in the long run blame only works adaptively if it correctly identifies causes...
David Tuckett: Making Markets Safer (Excerpt) David Tuckett 2012
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However, in the long run blame only works adaptively if it correctly identifies causes...
David Tuckett: Making Markets Safer (Excerpt) David Tuckett 2012
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It turns out that chronic stress may be biologically responded to more adaptively in the female than the male brain.
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However, in the long run blame only works adaptively if it correctly identifies causes...
David Tuckett: Making Markets Safer (Excerpt) David Tuckett 2012
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Like organisms, religions respond adaptively to the world.
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"I attribute a large part my success to the fact that I was able to maneuver between different genres and apply my knowledge and skills adaptively," asserted musician and social entrepreneur Pharrell Williams.
Unreasonable Ambition: The Clinton Global Initiative University Meeting in Miami 2010
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She is also working on a theory of social behavior that predicts adaptively flexible sex role behavior of both females and males - even under chance variation in inducing variables.
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