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derivatively

derivatively adverb: in a derivative fashion.

Adverb

derivatively (comparative more derivatively, superlative most derivatively)

  1. In a derivative fashion
    • The pleasures of food and sex are compared […] in much the same way, derivatively enough, that Bunny equates the two in John Guare's House of Blue Leaves.1988 December 2, Tom Boeker, “A Christmas Dance for Johnnie Mae”, in Chicago Reader

Forms of derivatively

comparativemore derivatively
superlativemost derivatively

Origin of derivatively

From derivative + -ly.

Questions about derivatively

What does derivatively mean?
Derivatively means in a derivative fashion.
What part of speech is derivatively?
Derivatively is an adverb.

Words near derivatively in the dictionary

  1. derivative hybrid
  2. derivative instrument
  3. derivative instruments
  4. derivative work
  5. derivative works
  6. derivatively
  7. derivativeness
  8. derivatives
  9. derivatives market
  10. derivatives markets
  11. derivativity

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