parasitically

Variant of parasitic

adjective

  1. of or like a parasite; living at the expense of others
  2. caused by parasites, as a disease
  3. of or designating a subsidiary volcano, crater, etc. that forms on the side of another one

Origin: L parasiticus < Gr parasitikos

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