dispensatively

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adverb

By dispensation.

“c. 1630?, Henry Wotton, letter to the King First, for the point of Conscience, I can now hold my place Canonically, which I held before but dispensatively”

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Meanings

adverbdispensatively (not comparable)
  1. not comparableBy dispensation.

    c. 1630?, Henry Wotton, letter to the King First, for the point of Conscience, I can now hold my place Canonically, which I held before but dispensatively

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
dispensatorily

Origin

From dispensative + -ly.

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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