VEGETATIVELY

[vej-i-tey-tiv]

veg·e·ta·tive

[vej-i-tey-tiv]
adjective
1.
growing or developing as or like plants; vegetating.
2.
of, pertaining to, or concerned with vegetation or vegetable growth.
3.
of or pertaining to the plant kingdom.
4.
noting the parts of a plant not specialized for reproduction.
5.
(of reproduction) asexual.
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6.
denoting or pertaining to those bodily functions that are performed unconsciously or involuntarily.
7.
having the power to produce or support growth in plants: vegetative mold.
8.
characterized by a lack of activity; inactive; passive: a vegetative state.
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Also, veg·e·tive [vej-i-tiv] .


Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English vegetatyf < Medieval Latin vegetātīvus. See vegetate, -ive

veg·e·ta·tive·ly, adverb
veg·e·ta·tive·ness, noun
non·veg·e·ta·tive, adjective
non·veg·e·ta·tive·ly, adverb
non·veg·e·ta·tive·ness, noun
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non·veg·e·tive, adjective
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Vegetatively is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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vegetative (ˈvɛdʒɪtətɪv)
 
adj
1.  of, relating to, or denoting the nonreproductive parts of a plant, i.e. the stems, leaves, and roots, or growth that does not involve the reproductive parts
2.  (of reproduction) characterized by asexual processes
3.  of or relating to functions such as digestion, growth, and circulation rather than sexual reproduction
4.  (of a style of living) dull, stagnant, unthinking, or passive
 
'vegetatively
 
adv
 
'vegetativeness
 
n

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