correctively

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adverb

In a corrective manner; so as to correct something.

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Meanings

adverbcorrectively (comparative more correctively, superlative most correctively)

comparative more correctively · superlative most correctively

  1. In a corrective manner; so as to correct something.

    I would throw in radishes, too, which would add a correctively spicy bite to keep things from getting too cloying.

    2007 June 20, Melissa Clark, “A Dish Whose Heart Longs for Spring”, in New York Times

Origin

From corrective + -ly.

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APA

correctively. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/correctively

MLA

“correctively.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/correctively. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “correctively,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/correctively.

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