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expletively

expletively adverb: in an expletive way.

Adverb

expletively (comparative more expletively, superlative most expletively)

  1. In an expletive way.

Forms of expletively

comparativemore expletively
superlativemost expletively

Origin of expletively

From expletive + -ly.

Questions about expletively

What does expletively mean?
Expletively means in an expletive way.
What part of speech is expletively?
Expletively is an adverb.

Words near expletively in the dictionary

  1. expletion
  2. expletive
  3. expletive deleted
  4. expletive deleteds
  5. expletive infixation
  6. expletively
  7. expletiveness
  8. expletives
  9. expletives deleted
  10. expletivity
  11. expletory

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