Wondering how to use Convergently in a sentence? Below are 4 example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning .
Convergently meaning
- In a convergent manner
- With regard to convergence
Using Convergently
- The main meaning on this page is: In a convergent manner | With regard to convergence
- In the example corpus, convergently often appears in combinations such as: evolved convergently.
Context around Convergently
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 1 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Convergently
- In this selection, "convergently" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 23.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, evolved, evolving and evolved stand out and add context to how "convergently" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include have been convergently evolved being and have evolved convergently that is. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "convergently" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with convergently
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Legs evolved convergently in the arthropods, octopuses and four kinds of fish (tetrapods, frogfish, skates, mudskippers). (16 words)
They have been convergently evolved, being unrelated to the animal's distant reptile ancestors, except that they use a similar gene. (21 words)
Puffballs and similar forms are thought to have evolved convergently (that is, in numerous independent events) from Hymenomycetes by gasteromycetation, through secotioid stages. (23 words)
The structure of arbuscular mycorrhizas has been highly conserved since their first appearance in the fossil record, citation with both the development of ectomycorrhizas, and the loss of mycorrhizas, evolving convergently on multiple occasions. (34 words)
Puffballs and similar forms are thought to have evolved convergently (that is, in numerous independent events) from Hymenomycetes by gasteromycetation, through secotioid stages. (23 words)
They have been convergently evolved, being unrelated to the animal's distant reptile ancestors, except that they use a similar gene. (21 words)
Example sentences (4)
Legs evolved convergently in the arthropods, octopuses and four kinds of fish (tetrapods, frogfish, skates, mudskippers).
Puffballs and similar forms are thought to have evolved convergently (that is, in numerous independent events) from Hymenomycetes by gasteromycetation, through secotioid stages.
The structure of arbuscular mycorrhizas has been highly conserved since their first appearance in the fossil record, citation with both the development of ectomycorrhizas, and the loss of mycorrhizas, evolving convergently on multiple occasions.
They have been convergently evolved, being unrelated to the animal's distant reptile ancestors, except that they use a similar gene.
Common combinations with convergently
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: