sedimentarily

English

Etymology

sedimentary +‎ -ly

Adverb

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.