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explicatively

explicatively adverb: in an explicative way.

Adverb

explicatively (comparative more explicatively, superlative most explicatively)

  1. In an explicative way.

Forms of explicatively

comparativemore explicatively
superlativemost explicatively

Origin of explicatively

From explicative + -ly.

Questions about explicatively

What does explicatively mean?
Explicatively means in an explicative way.
What part of speech is explicatively?
Explicatively is an adverb.

Words near explicatively in the dictionary

  1. explicating
  2. explication
  3. explicational
  4. explications
  5. explicative
  6. explicatively
  7. explicatives
  8. explicator
  9. explicators
  10. explicatory
  11. explicatum

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