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predatively

predatively adverb: in a predative manner.

Adverb

predatively (comparative more predatively, superlative most predatively)

  1. (rare) In a predative manner.
    • Over the course of a day's driving in the vicinity of South Lake Tahoe, white and green law enforcement vehicles appear frequently — in our wake, in the oncoming lane, stationed predatively on the side of the road.1998, Andrew Todhunter, Fall of the Phantom Lord: Climbing and the Face of Fear

Forms of predatively

comparativemore predatively
superlativemost predatively

Origin of predatively

From predative + -ly.

Questions about predatively

What does predatively mean?
Predatively means in a predative manner.
What part of speech is predatively?
Predatively is an adverb.

Words near predatively in the dictionary

  1. predating
  2. predation
  3. predations
  4. predatism
  5. predative
  6. predatively
  7. predator
  8. predator bug
  9. predator bugs
  10. predator satiation
  11. predator saturation

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