appetitively

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adverb

In an appetitive manner.

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Meanings

adverbappetitively (comparative more appetitively, superlative most appetitively)

comparative more appetitively · superlative most appetitively

  1. In an appetitive manner.

    One explanation for the different results obtained using the two procedures is that the motivation in the Morris water maze is avoidance of an aversive stimulus (water), whereas the radial arm maze is an appetitively motivated task.

    2007 December 4, Mark D. Spritzer, Mandeep Gill, Alex Weinberg, Liisa A. M. Galea, “Castration Differentially Affects Spatial Working and Reference Memory in Male Rats”, in Archives of Sexual Behavior, volume 37, number 1, →DOI

Origin

From appetitive + -ly.

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APA

appetitively. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/appetitively

MLA

“appetitively.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/appetitively. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “appetitively,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/appetitively.

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