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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

derogatively en · ADV

Etymology

From derogative + -ly.

Meanings

  1. In a derogative way or manner: derogatorily.
    • Curiously, I could not speak derogatively of her to anyone. 1963, Xavier Herbert, Distubing Element, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 233:

Forms

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more derogatively Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most derogatively Degree=Sup lexicographic