genetically

UK: /dʒɪˈnɛtɪk^əli/

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

ge•net•ic /dʒəˈnɛtɪk/  adj. 

1. Genetics of or relating to genes:
   genetic differences between species.

ge•net•i•cal•ly, adv. 
ge•net•i•cist /dʒəˈnɛtəsɪst/  n. [countable] See -gen-.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

ge•net•ic  ( jə net′ik), adj. 

1. Genetics [Biol.] pertaining or according to genetics.
2. Genetics of, pertaining to, or produced by genes;
   genic.
3. Genetics of, pertaining to, or influenced by geneses or origins.

Also, ge•net′i•cal. 

• gene(sis) + -tic 1825–35

ge•net′i•cal•ly, adv. 

-genetic, 

1. a suffix of adjectives corresponding to nouns ending in -genesis:
   parthenogenetic.