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Etymology
Etymology tree English determinate Middle English -ly English -ly English determinately From determinate + -ly.
Meanings
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In a way that is determinate
If ‘aardvark lover’ has that syntactic structure, then it determinately means “lover of aardvarks.
2007 August 15, Wayne A. Davis, “Replies to Green, Szabó, Jeshion, and Siebel”, in Philosophical Studies, volume 137, number 3, →DOI:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more determinately | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most determinately | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |