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circumventively

circumventively adverb: in a circumventive manner.

Adverb

circumventively (comparative more circumventively, superlative most circumventively)

  1. (rare) In a circumventive manner.
    • "A consciousness of the rectitude of his life raised him far above the Jesuitical arts of hypocrisy," one of his Congregational friends circumventively explained.1957, William Storrs Lee, The Yankees of Connecticut

Forms of circumventively

comparativemore circumventively
superlativemost circumventively

Origin of circumventively

From circumventive + -ly.

Questions about circumventively

What does circumventively mean?
Circumventively means in a circumventive manner.
What part of speech is circumventively?
Circumventively is an adverb.

Words near circumventively in the dictionary

  1. circumventingly
  2. circumvention
  3. circumventional
  4. circumventions
  5. circumventive
  6. circumventively
  7. circumventor
  8. circumventors
  9. circumventricular
  10. circumvents
  11. circumversion

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