quotatively en · ADV
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷ- Proto-Indo-European *kʷó- Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *kʷótider. Proto-Italic *kʷot Latin quot Latin quotus Medieval Latin quotāreder. Old French coterbor. Middle English quoten English quote Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English -ative English quotative Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English quotatively From quotative + -ly.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) As a quotative.
a morpheme that can be used quotatively
During the interview, Suzanne was almost categorically diphthongal, with two monophthongal tokens and one ambiguous token. Both of the monophthongal tokens came from the word like, once used quotatively and another as a verb.
2018, Paul E. Reed, “The Importance of Appalachian Identity: A Case Study in Rootedness”, in American Speech, volume 93, numbers 3-4, →DOI, page 418: