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obligately

obligately adverb: in an obligate manner.

Adverb

obligately (comparative more obligately, superlative most obligately)

  1. In an obligate manner.
    • Near-synonyms: necessarily; mandatorily; imperatively; (sometimes) by nature

Synonyms of obligately

Forms of obligately

comparativemore obligately
superlativemost obligately

Origin of obligately

From obligate + -ly.

Questions about obligately

What does obligately mean?
Obligately means in an obligate manner.
What part of speech is obligately?
Obligately is an adverb.

Words near obligately in the dictionary

  1. obligate carriers
  2. obligated
  3. obligatedly
  4. obligatee
  5. obligatees
  6. obligately
  7. obligates
  8. obligati
  9. obligating
  10. obligation
  11. obligational

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