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correctively

correctively adverb: in a corrective manner; so as to correct something.

Adverb

correctively (comparative more correctively, superlative most correctively)

  1. In a corrective manner; so as to correct something.
    • I would throw in radishes, too, which would add a correctively spicy bite to keep things from getting too cloying.2007 June 20, Melissa Clark, “A Dish Whose Heart Longs for Spring”, in New York Times

Forms of correctively

comparativemore correctively
superlativemost correctively

Origin of correctively

From corrective + -ly.

Questions about correctively

What does correctively mean?
Correctively means in a corrective manner; so as to correct something.
What part of speech is correctively?
Correctively is an adverb.

Words near correctively in the dictionary

  1. corrective lens
  2. corrective lenses
  3. corrective rape
  4. corrective rapes
  5. corrective shoe
  6. correctively
  7. correctiveness
  8. correctives
  9. correctly
  10. correctness
  11. correctnesses

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