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suppletively

suppletively adverb: in a suppletive way.

Adverb

suppletively (comparative more suppletively, superlative most suppletively)

  1. In a suppletive way.
    • And as noted in chapter 2, in exactly this sense the adjective bad compares regularly, not suppletively: bad – badder – baddest.2012, Jonathan David Bobaljik, Universals in Comparative Morphology, page 195

Forms of suppletively

comparativemore suppletively
superlativemost suppletively

Origin of suppletively

From suppletive + -ly.

Questions about suppletively

What does suppletively mean?
Suppletively means in a suppletive way.
What part of speech is suppletively?
Suppletively is an adverb.

Words near suppletively in the dictionary

  1. suppletes
  2. suppleting
  3. suppletion
  4. suppletions
  5. suppletive
  6. suppletively
  7. suppletiveness
  8. suppletives
  9. suppletivism
  10. suppletivisms
  11. suppletories

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