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adverbarrestively (comparative more arrestively, superlative most arrestively)
comparative more arrestively · superlative most arrestively
- datedIn an arrestive manner.
His face had an arrestively hollow look, but that frozen smile was set on it.
1910, Robert W. Service, chapter 16, in The Trail of ’98, Toronto: The Ryerson Press, page 452Synonyms: arrestingly, conspicuously, remarkably, strikingly
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adverbIn an arrestive manner.
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APA
arrestively. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/arrestively
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“arrestively.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/arrestively. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “arrestively,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/arrestively.
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