evolutionary
ee-vuh-LOO-shuh-nair-ee/ˌiː.vəˈluː.ʃən.ɛɹ.i/UKee-vuh-LOO-shuhn-ree/ˌiː.vəˈl(j)uː.ʃən.ɹi/
- 1Connected with how living things change and develop over many generations.
Like a family tree, but for whole kinds of animals over millions of years.
Scientists study the evolutionary history of birds and dinosaurs.
Every animal alive today has a long evolutionary past.
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- 2Describing something that slowly changes and improves over time, like living things do.
Like trying many slightly different keys until one opens the lock, then keeping what works best.
Engineers used an evolutionary method to improve the design step by step.
The program takes an evolutionary approach, testing many versions and keeping the best ones.
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Origin
It comes from the word "evolution" plus the ending "-ary".