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adjectitiously

adjectitiously adverb: in an adjectitious way; additionally.

Adverb

adjectitiously (not comparable)

  1. (dated, rare) In an adjectitious way; additionally.
    • A party will—must necessarily—spring up amongst us in England who have been born and educated Roman Catholics, to protest against and repel all foreign encroachments let them be adjectitiously distinguished as they may,—Papal—ultramontaine—or transalpine,—they are foreign.1851, Edmund de Pentheny, Mr. De Pentheny O'Kelly on Papal Aggression and the Pope
    • That whatever might have been said en passant or adjectitiously, this was the ground on which the judgment below was rested.1876, Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Supreme Court of the United States

Origin of adjectitiously

From adjectitious + -ly.

Questions about adjectitiously

What does adjectitiously mean?
Adjectitiously means in an adjectitious way; additionally.
What part of speech is adjectitiously?
Adjectitiously is an adverb.

Words near adjectitiously in the dictionary

  1. adjecting
  2. adjection
  3. adjectional
  4. adjections
  5. adjectitious
  6. adjectitiously
  7. adjectival
  8. adjectival clause
  9. adjectival clauses
  10. adjectival noun
  11. adjectival nouns

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