adverb
- in a manner relating to or caused by erosion; with respect to the process of wearing away of rock, soil, or other material by water, wind, or ice
Usage: technical/geological; commonly used in scientific and environmental contexts
Examples
- The coastline has been erosionally modified over thousands of years.
- Glaciers move erosionally, carving deep valleys into the landscape.
- The riverbed was erosionally widened by the spring flood.
- Erosionally resistant rock formations create natural barriers against weathering.
- Wind-driven sand erosionally shaped the desert dunes.