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adoptively

adoptively adverb: in an adoptive manner; by adoption.

Adverb

adoptively (not comparable)

  1. In an adoptive manner; by adoption.
    • The became grandparents adoptively.

Origin of adoptively

From adoptive + -ly.

Questions about adoptively

What does adoptively mean?
Adoptively means in an adoptive manner; by adoption.
What part of speech is adoptively?
Adoptively is an adverb.

Words near adoptively in the dictionary

  1. adoptive mothers
  2. adoptive parent
  3. adoptive parents
  4. adoptive sibling
  5. adoptive siblings
  6. adoptively
  7. adoptor
  8. adoptors
  9. adopts
  10. adopts out
  11. adorabilities

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