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captively

captively adverb: in a captive manner.

Adverb

captively (comparative more captively, superlative most captively)

  1. In a captive manner

Forms of captively

comparativemore captively
superlativemost captively

Origin of captively

From captive + -ly.

Questions about captively

What does captively mean?
Captively means in a captive manner.
What part of speech is captively?
Captively is an adverb.

Words near captively in the dictionary

  1. captive nation
  2. captive nations
  3. captive portal
  4. captive portals
  5. captived
  6. captively
  7. captives
  8. captiving
  9. captivities
  10. captivity
  11. captodative

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