perspectively

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adverb

By means of perspective; in perspective.

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Meanings

adverbperspectively (not comparable)
  1. not comparableBy means of perspective; in perspective.

    Once into the 1990s, thinly drawn egg- and pill-shaped ovals appear everywhere, leaning together, like Modigliani heads or plates seen perspectively in a cupboard.

    2009 March 13, The New York Times, “Art in Review”, in New York Times

Origin

From perspective + -ly.

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APA

perspectively. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/perspectively

MLA

“perspectively.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/perspectively. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “perspectively,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/perspectively.

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