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heterogeneously

Variant of heterogeneous

adjective

  1. differing or opposite in structure, quality, etc.; dissimilar; incongruous; foreign
  2. composed of unrelated or unlike elements or parts; varied; miscellaneous

Origin: ML heterogeneus < Gr heterogenēs < hetero-, other, hetero- + genos, a race, kind: see genus

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