Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In the manner of mosaic work.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adverb In the manner of a mosaic.

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  • adverb In the manner of a mosaic.

Etymologies

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mosaical +‎ -ly

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Examples

  • Regarding mosaic vs intermediate… I imagine the papers authors are using mosaically to describe how the limb was assembled, bit by bit rather than all pieces changing at the same rate.

    Transitions on the DI blog - The Panda's Thumb 2006

  • Major elements of the tetrapod body plan originated as a succession of intermediate morphologies that evolved mosaically and in parallel among sarcopterygians closely related to tetrapods, allowing them to exploit diverse habitats in the Devonian.

    Transitions on the DI blog - The Panda's Thumb 2006

  • This was doubtless managed by placing upright fine filaments of coloured glass in such a manner as mosaically to form by their points the coloured figure INTRODirCTORV LECTUBC.

    The Introductory Lecture of Thomas Cooper, Esq. Thomas Cooper 1812

  • Chocorange or Oranchoco, laid mosaically, paved the floor like a cocoa-brown giant’s causeway.

    Portobello Ruth Rendell 2010

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