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directively

directively adverb: in a directive manner.

Adverb

directively (not comparable)

  1. In a directive manner.
    • Irony can be applied both directively and non-directively.2006, Erik de Haan, Fearless Consulting, page 43

Origin of directively

From directive + -ly.

Questions about directively

What does directively mean?
Directively means in a directive manner.
What part of speech is directively?
Directively is an adverb.

Words near directively in the dictionary

  1. directions
  2. directitude
  3. directive
  4. directive case
  5. directive cases
  6. directively
  7. directiveness
  8. directives
  9. directivities
  10. directivity
  11. directly

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