asexually

Etymology

asexual + -ly

adv

  1. In an asexual manner; without having sex.
    Amoebas reproduce asexually.
    One of the pioneers was a French plant scientist named Georges Morel who figured out how to produce asexually thousands of identical orchids from one plant through cloning instead of breeding from seed. 2019-04-10, Adrian Higgins, “This florist started caring for ailing orchids on the side. He’s now babysitting 13,000.”, in The Washington Post

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