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vocatively

vocatively adverb: in a vocative way.

Adverb

vocatively (comparative more vocatively, superlative most vocatively)

  1. In a vocative way.
    • Kinship terminology is reportedly not used vocatively in family II, whereas it is in family I (note that Kwaza has no vocative morpheme). It is by MA considered ugly to use the words for 'husband' and 'wife' vocatively.2004, Hein van der Voort, A Grammar of Kwaza, page 722

Forms of vocatively

comparativemore vocatively
superlativemost vocatively

Origin of vocatively

From vocative + -ly.

Questions about vocatively

What does vocatively mean?
Vocatively means in a vocative way.
What part of speech is vocatively?
Vocatively is an adverb.

Words near vocatively in the dictionary

  1. vocationers
  2. vocations
  3. vocative
  4. vocative case
  5. vocative cases
  6. vocatively
  7. vocatives
  8. vocd
  9. Voce
  10. voce di petto
  11. voce di testa

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