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compensatorily

compensatorily adverb: in a compensatory way; so as to compensate.

Adverb

compensatorily (comparative more compensatorily, superlative most compensatorily)

  1. In a compensatory way; so as to compensate.

Forms of compensatorily

comparativemore compensatorily
superlativemost compensatorily

Origin of compensatorily

From compensatory + -ly.

Words formed from compensatorily

Phrases with compensatorily

Questions about compensatorily

What does compensatorily mean?
Compensatorily means in a compensatory way; so as to compensate.
What part of speech is compensatorily?
Compensatorily is an adverb.

Words near compensatorily in the dictionary

  1. compensations
  2. compensative
  3. compensatively
  4. compensativeness
  5. compensator
  6. compensatorily
  7. compensatorily lengthen
  8. compensatorily lengthened
  9. compensatorily lengthening
  10. compensatorily lengthens
  11. compensators

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