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lenitively

lenitively adverb: in a lenitive manner.

Adverb

lenitively (comparative more lenitively, superlative most lenitively)

  1. In a lenitive manner.

Forms of lenitively

comparativemore lenitively
superlativemost lenitively

Origin of lenitively

From lenitive + -ly.

Questions about lenitively

What does lenitively mean?
Lenitively means in a lenitive manner.
What part of speech is lenitively?
Lenitively is an adverb.

Words near lenitively in the dictionary

  1. lenities
  2. leniting
  3. lenition
  4. lenitions
  5. lenitive
  6. lenitively
  7. lenitiveness
  8. lenitives
  9. lenitude
  10. lenity
  11. leniwe

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