Meanings
adverbadjectively (not comparable)
- not comparableAs an adjective; adjectivally.First known use 16th c.
Its boundary fence ran along North Avenue; and for many years people had used the phrase ‘North Avenue’ adjectively. ‘She's ever so North Avenue,’ Donovan might say approvingly.
1952, Doris Lessing, Martha Quest, Panther, published 1974, page 146
Origin
Translations
Italian aggettivamente
- aggettivamentein the manner of an adjective
Korean 형용적(形容的)으로
- 형용적(形容的)으로 (hyeong'yongjeog-euro)in the manner of an adjective
Portuguese adjetivamente
- adjetivamentein the manner of an adjective
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