"evolutionary" meaning in English

See evolutionary in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˌiːvəˈl(j)uːʃənri/ [UK], /ˌiːvəˈluːʃəneri/ [US] Audio: en-us-evolutionary.ogg [US], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-evolutionary.wav [UK] Forms: evolutionary [positive], more evolutionary [comparative], most evolutionary [superlative]
Etymology: evolution + -ary Etymology templates: {{ety-suffix|evolution|ary}} evolution + -ary Head templates: {{adj|more=true}} [POS TABLE]
  1. Something that is related to evolution.
    Sense id: simple-evolutionary-en-adj-K2~Xdv8z
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
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