affinitatively
affinitatively adverb: in a manner than pertains to an affinity; familiarly; understandingly; similarly.
Adverb
affinitatively (comparative more affinitatively, superlative most affinitatively)
- In a manner than pertains to an affinity; familiarly; understandingly; similarly.
- The coal, oxygen of the air affinitatively flies to the particles of pure carbon left behind.1874, "A Christian" (anonym), Commencement of the Second Christian Epoch - Volume 22, Villiam Moore & Co. - Printers, Caxlon Works, Beccles, Suffolk, page 11
- And I may now further observe, that every dichotomy of the tables, if viewed and taken with the root (or semi-dichotomy) from which it immediately proceeds, may be considered as a sort of triangular circle returning affinitatively into itself: and that the two further dichotomies issuing from each...1825, Alexander Tilloch, LL.D. & Richard Taylor, F.L.S., The Philosophical Magazine and Journal - Volume 65, Princeton University Press, page 372
Forms of affinitatively
| comparative | more affinitatively |
|---|---|
| superlative | most affinitatively |
Origin of affinitatively
From affinitative + -ly.
Words formed from affinitatively
Questions about affinitatively
- What does affinitatively mean?
- Affinitatively means in a manner than pertains to an affinity; familiarly; understandingly; similarly.
- What part of speech is affinitatively?
- Affinitatively is an adverb.
Words near affinitatively in the dictionary
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