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legislatively

legislatively adverb: by legislation, by the method of enacting laws.

Adverb

legislatively (not comparable)

  1. By legislation, by the method of enacting laws.
    • The base was legislatively closed: basically they passed a law saying to do it.

Origin of legislatively

From legislative + -ly.

Questions about legislatively

What does legislatively mean?
Legislatively means by legislation, by the method of enacting laws.
What part of speech is legislatively?
Legislatively is an adverb.

Words near legislatively in the dictionary

  1. legislative buildings
  2. legislative process
  3. legislative processes
  4. legislative session
  5. legislative sessions
  6. legislatively
  7. legislatives
  8. legislator
  9. legislatorial
  10. legislatorially
  11. legislators

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