sessilely

English

Etymology

sessile +‎ -ly

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛs.aɪl.li/, /ˈsɛs.ɪl.li/

Adverb

sessilely (comparative more sessilely, superlative most sessilely)

1. (zoology, botany) In a sessile manner.
   • 1886, Journal of the Trenton Natural History Society, volume 1, page 138:

     The species, so far as the shape of the lorica is concerned, resembles the sessilely attached fresh-water Salpingaeca fusiformis, S. K., but is excluded from the section to which Kent has relegated the latter, by the possession of the pedicle.