adverb
- In a manner relating to ethology; from the perspective of animal behavior and its evolutionary basis.
Usage: scientific; formal
Examples
- The researcher ethologically analyzed the mating rituals of the birds.
- Ethologically speaking, the animals' territorial behavior serves an evolutionary purpose.
- The primates were observed ethologically to understand their social hierarchies.
- Ethologically, this instinct developed to increase survival rates in the wild.
- The study examined ethologically how environmental changes affect predator-prey interactions.