Meanings
adverbconstrictively (not comparable)
- not comparableAccompanied by constriction
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
- Proto-Italic*kom
- Proto-Italic*kom-
- Latincōn-
- Proto-Indo-European*streyg-
- Proto-Indo-European*strinégti
- Proto-Italic*stringō
- Proto-Indo-European*strengʰ-
- Proto-Indo-European*stréngʰeti
- Proto-Italic*strengō
- Latinstringō
- Latincōnstringō
- Latincōnstrictus
- Englishconstrict
- Englishconstrictive
- Englishconstrictively
From constrictive + -ly.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
APA
constrictively. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/constrictively
MLA
“constrictively.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/constrictively. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “constrictively,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/constrictively.
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