Meanings
adverbderivatively (comparative more derivatively, superlative most derivatively)
comparative more derivatively · superlative most derivatively
- In a derivative fashion
The pleasures of food and sex are compared […] in much the same way, derivatively enough, that Bunny equates the two in John Guare's House of Blue Leaves.
1988 December 2, Tom Boeker, “A Christmas Dance for Johnnie Mae”, in Chicago Reader
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APA
derivatively. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/derivatively
MLA
“derivatively.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/derivatively. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “derivatively,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/derivatively.
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