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fugitively

fugitively adverb: in a fugitive manner.

Adverb

fugitively (comparative more fugitively, superlative most fugitively)

  1. In a fugitive manner.
    • Yes indeed, in so far as he wished, in so far as he feared, to see Mr. Knott face to face, his wish made him sorry, his fear glad, that he saw him so seldom, and at such a great distance as a rule, and so fugitively, and so often sideways on, and even from behind.1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt, [Paris]: Olympia Press, →OCLC

Forms of fugitively

comparativemore fugitively
superlativemost fugitively

Origin of fugitively

From fugitive + -ly.

Questions about fugitively

What does fugitively mean?
Fugitively means in a fugitive manner.
What part of speech is fugitively?
Fugitively is an adverb.

Words near fugitively in the dictionary

  1. fugitive from justice
  2. fugitive of the law
  3. fugitive pigment
  4. fugitive pigments
  5. fugitived
  6. fugitively
  7. fugitiveness
  8. fugitives
  9. fugitives from justice
  10. fugitives of the law
  11. fugitiving

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