Meanings
adverbquotatively (not comparable)
- not comparablegrammarAs a quotative.
a morpheme that can be used quotatively
1 more example
During the interview, Suzanne was almost categorically diphthongal, with two monophthongal tokens and one ambiguous token. Both of the monophthongal tokens came from the word like, once used quotatively and another as a verb.
2018, Paul E. Reed, “The Importance of Appalachian Identity: A Case Study in Rootedness”, in American Speech, volume 93, numbers 3-4, →DOI, page 418
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*kʷ-
- Proto-Indo-European*kʷó-
- Proto-Indo-European*kʷóti
- Proto-Italic*kʷot
- Latinquot
- Latinquotus
- Medieval Latinquotāre
- Old Frenchcoter
- Middle Englishquoten
- Englishquote
- Englishquotative
- Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
- Proto-Germanic*līką
- Englishquotatively
Cite this entry
APA
quotatively. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/quotatively
MLA
“quotatively.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/quotatively. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “quotatively,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/quotatively.
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