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contradistinctively

contradistinctively adverb: in contradistinction.

Adverb

contradistinctively (comparative more contradistinctively, superlative most contradistinctively)

  1. in contradistinction

Forms of contradistinctively

comparativemore contradistinctively
superlativemost contradistinctively

Origin of contradistinctively

From contradistinctive + -ly.

Questions about contradistinctively

What does contradistinctively mean?
Contradistinctively means in contradistinction.
What part of speech is contradistinctively?
Contradistinctively is an adverb.

Words near contradistinctively in the dictionary

  1. contradistinction
  2. contradistinctional
  3. contradistinctionally
  4. contradistinctions
  5. contradistinctive
  6. contradistinctively
  7. contradistinctiveness
  8. contradistinctly
  9. contradistinguish
  10. contradistinguished
  11. contradistinguishes

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