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palliatively

palliatively adverb: with palliative care.

Adverb

palliatively (not comparable)

  1. With palliative care.
    • In the case of Ethel Hannah, he says, the family could have instructed the hospital to not treat her pneumonia and to treat her palliatively.2009 May 23, Judy Steed, Toronto Star

Origin of palliatively

From palliative + -ly.

Questions about palliatively

What does palliatively mean?
Palliatively means with palliative care.
What part of speech is palliatively?
Palliatively is an adverb.

Words near palliatively in the dictionary

  1. palliating
  2. palliation
  3. palliations
  4. palliative
  5. palliative care
  6. palliatively
  7. palliatives
  8. palliativist
  9. palliativists
  10. palliator
  11. palliators

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