suppletively en · ADV
Etymology
From suppletive + -ly.
Meanings
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In a suppletive way.
And as noted in chapter 2, in exactly this sense the adjective bad compares regularly, not suppletively: bad – badder – baddest.
2012, Jonathan David Bobaljik, Universals in Comparative Morphology, page 195:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most suppletively | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more suppletively | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |