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preventatively

preventatively adverb: in a manner that is preventative.

Adverb

preventatively (comparative more preventatively, superlative most preventatively)

  1. In a manner that is preventative.

Forms of preventatively

comparativemore preventatively
superlativemost preventatively

Origin of preventatively

From preventative + -ly.

Questions about preventatively

What does preventatively mean?
Preventatively means in a manner that is preventative.
What part of speech is preventatively?
Preventatively is an adverb.

Words near preventatively in the dictionary

  1. preventably
  2. preventative
  3. preventative maintenance
  4. preventative medicine
  5. preventative medicines
  6. preventatively
  7. preventatives
  8. prevented
  9. preventer
  10. preventers
  11. preventest

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