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digressively

digressively adverb: in a digressive fashion.

Adverb

digressively (comparative more digressively, superlative most digressively)

  1. In a digressive fashion.
    • In The Perfumed Garden, Nefzawi digressively but interestingly discusses, in great and curious detail, the amorous activities of animals.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 13

Forms of digressively

comparativemore digressively
superlativemost digressively

Origin of digressively

From digressive + -ly.

Questions about digressively

What does digressively mean?
Digressively means in a digressive fashion.
What part of speech is digressively?
Digressively is an adverb.

Words near digressively in the dictionary

  1. digression
  2. digressional
  3. digressionary
  4. digressions
  5. digressive
  6. digressively
  7. digressiveness
  8. digressory
  9. diGriz
  10. digs
  11. digs around

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