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primitively

primitively adverb: in a primitive manner.

Adverb

primitively (comparative more primitively, superlative most primitively)

  1. In a primitive manner.
    • Peter had been an adept with tilts, as old Stein had said so often that morning, while he, Palmer, and Gus, had dubiously laboured at this elusive task. But Peter would rig no more tilts, and primitively old Stein and Gus lamented this, as they missed his services.1907, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Human Toll (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 253

Forms of primitively

comparativemore primitively
superlativemost primitively

Origin of primitively

From primitive + -ly.

Questions about primitively

What does primitively mean?
Primitively means in a primitive manner.
What part of speech is primitively?
Primitively is an adverb.

Words near primitively in the dictionary

  1. primitive streaks
  2. primitive type
  3. primitive types
  4. primitive wrapper class
  5. primitive wrapper classes
  6. primitively
  7. primitiveness
  8. primitivenesses
  9. primitives
  10. primitivism
  11. primitivisms

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