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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

appellatively en · ADV

Etymology

From appellative + -ly.

Meanings

  1. (dated, not-comparable) In the manner of appellative nouns; so as to express whole classes or species.
    • Hercules is sometimes used appellatively, that is, as a common name, to signify a strong man.