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exploratively

exploratively adverb: in an explorative way or fashion.

Adverb

exploratively (comparative more exploratively, superlative most exploratively)

  1. In an explorative way or fashion.
    • Stones had escaped detection in 9% of the 132 cases with contrast-medium passage to the duodenum both pre- and post-exploratively.1973, J. E. Jorpes, V. Mutt, Secretin, cholecystokinin, pancreozymin and gastrin
    Synonyms:
    exploratorily

Synonyms of exploratively

Forms of exploratively

comparativemore exploratively
superlativemost exploratively

Origin of exploratively

From explorative + -ly.

Questions about exploratively

What does exploratively mean?
Exploratively means in an explorative way or fashion.
What part of speech is exploratively?
Exploratively is an adverb.

Words near exploratively in the dictionary

  1. explorational
  2. explorationist
  3. explorationists
  4. explorations
  5. explorative
  6. exploratively
  7. explorativeness
  8. explorator
  9. exploratoria
  10. exploratories
  11. exploratorily

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