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costively

costively adverb: in a costive manner.

Adverb

costively (comparative more costively, superlative most costively)

  1. In a costive manner.
    Synonyms:
    miserly

Synonyms of costively

Forms of costively

comparativemore costively
superlativemost costively

Origin of costively

From costive + -ly.

Questions about costively

What does costively mean?
Costively means in a costive manner.
What part of speech is costively?
Costively is an adverb.

Words near costively in the dictionary

  1. costing the earth
  2. costing up
  3. costings
  4. Costins
  5. costive
  6. costively
  7. costiveness
  8. Costișa
  9. costless
  10. costlessly
  11. costlessness

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