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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Examples
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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.
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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.
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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
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Chocorange or Oranchoco, laid mosaically, paved the floor like a cocoa-brown giant’s causeway.
Portobello Ruth Rendell 2010
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