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permissively

permissively adverb: in a permissive manner.

Adverb

permissively (comparative more permissively, superlative most permissively)

  1. In a permissive manner.

Forms of permissively

comparativemore permissively
superlativemost permissively

Origin of permissively

From permissive + -ly.

Questions about permissively

What does permissively mean?
Permissively means in a permissive manner.
What part of speech is permissively?
Permissively is an adverb.

Words near permissively in the dictionary

  1. permissive
  2. permissive waste
  3. permissive working
  4. permissive-action link
  5. permissive-action links
  6. permissively
  7. permissiveness
  8. permissives
  9. permissivism
  10. permissivist
  11. permissivists

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