primitively

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adverb

In a primitive manner.

Similar
originallyin the beginning
RareScrabble 21

Meanings

adverbprimitively (comparative more primitively, superlative most primitively)

comparative more primitively · superlative most primitively

  1. In a primitive manner.

    Peter had been an adept with tilts, as old Stein had said so often that morning, while he, Palmer, and Gus, had dubiously laboured at this elusive task. But Peter would rig no more tilts, and primitively old Stein and Gus lamented this, as they missed his services.

    1907, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Human Toll (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 253

Synonyms & antonyms

adverbwith reference to the origin or beginning

Similar
originallyin the beginning
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

Translations

Catalan primitivament
  • primitivamentin a primitive manner
Portuguese primitivamente
  • primitivamentein a primitive manner
Spanish primitivamente
  • primitivamentein a primitive manner
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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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

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