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enactively

enactively adverb: in an enactive manner; by acting out.

Adverb

enactively (not comparable)

  1. In an enactive manner; by acting out.
    • I was chatting with his director, and he was walking by himself a few yards behind. Suddenly I thought I heard my patient. I was extremely startled, and turned round — and saw it was Dustin thinking to himself, but thinking with his body, thinking enactively, thinking of the young autistic man he...1973, Oliver Sacks, Awakenings

Origin of enactively

From enactive + -ly.

Questions about enactively

What does enactively mean?
Enactively means in an enactive manner; by acting out.
What part of speech is enactively?
Enactively is an adverb.

Words near enactively in the dictionary

  1. enactings
  2. enactins
  3. enaction
  4. enactions
  5. enactive
  6. enactively
  7. enactivism
  8. enactivist
  9. enactivists
  10. enactment
  11. enactments

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