adjectively en · ADV
Pronunciation
- /ˈadʒɛktɪvli/ (UK)
Etymology
Etymology tree English adjective Middle English -ly English -ly English adjectively From adjective + -ly.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) As an adjective; adjectivally.
Its boundary fence ran along North Avenue; and for many years people had used the phrase ‘North Avenue’ adjectively. ‘She's ever so North Avenue,’ Donovan might say approvingly.
1952, Doris Lessing, Martha Quest, Panther, published 1974, page 146:
Translations (3)
it aggettivamente (in the manner of an adjective) · pt adjetivamente (in the manner of an adjective) · ko 형용적(形容的)으로 (in the manner of an adjective)