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quotatively

quotatively adverb: as a quotative.

Adverb

quotatively (not comparable)

  1. As a quotative.
    • a morpheme that can be used quotatively
    • During the interview, Suzanne was almost categorically diphthongal, with two monophthongal tokens and one ambiguous token. Both of the monophthongal tokens came from the word like, once used quotatively and another as a verb.2018, Paul E. Reed, “The Importance of Appalachian Identity: A Case Study in Rootedness”, in American Speech, volume 93, numbers 3-4, →DOI, page 418

Origin of quotatively

From quotative + -ly.

Questions about quotatively

What does quotatively mean?
Quotatively means as a quotative.
What part of speech is quotatively?
Quotatively is an adverb.

Words near quotatively in the dictionary

  1. quotationists
  2. quotationless
  3. quotations
  4. quotatious
  5. quotative
  6. quotatively
  7. quotativeness
  8. quotatives
  9. quotativity
  10. quote
  11. quote end quote

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