vestigially

Examples of vestigial

vestigial
Rather, adult features (such as pectoral muscles) are combined with infant traits (flabby limbs, facial expression, and posture) that often appear vestigial.
There is another vestigial subordinate-clause use of inversion, illustrated by (13c).
These vestigial nets will therefore remain archaic in their functioning.
Their ritual practices were deemed vestigial to the exercise of their 'profession'.
To weep over wine, however, is a far cry from weeping over lost beloveds and their vestigial camp sites (see verse 9).
Our results suggest a model of regulation in which permissivity could depend on the chromatin state and on the hobo vestigial sequences.
Although radula teeth and vestigial shell can sometimes be found, not all slugs have recognizable shells and these parts may not be ingested.
In fact, the third moult was difficult to detect under the light microscope and appeared vestigial in comparison with that of the female.
These vesicles may probably be regarded as a vestigial tracheal system.
The attention given to the question of presence finds an analogue in the vestigial nature of the actors.
The outlet septum was vestigial in case with doubly committed defects.
Widely regarded as a nonfunctional, evolutionary vestigial structure, it has received little attention compared with motile cilia in organs such as the lung and brain.
However, this language was already vestigial when it was first reported in the late fifties.
The conspirators wanted to halt the process by negotiating a peaceful end to the civil wars, so that the army's vestigial honour was preserved and the state's integrity ensured.
Note that the continuation of the chevron denoting strict prediction ever-widens (weakens) towards the outer bounds of the spectrum to the right, becoming something of a vestigial presence.
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