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diminutively

diminutively adverb: in a diminutive manner.

Adverb

diminutively (comparative more diminutively, superlative most diminutively)

  1. In a diminutive manner.

Forms of diminutively

comparativemore diminutively
superlativemost diminutively

Origin of diminutively

From diminutive + -ly.

Questions about diminutively

What does diminutively mean?
Diminutively means in a diminutive manner.
What part of speech is diminutively?
Diminutively is an adverb.

Words near diminutively in the dictionary

  1. diminuting
  2. diminution
  3. diminutions
  4. diminutival
  5. diminutive
  6. diminutively
  7. diminutiveness
  8. diminutives
  9. diminutivisation
  10. diminutivisations
  11. diminutivise

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