receptively

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adverb

In a receptive manner.

OriginEnglish receptive ← Middle English receptive ← Medieval Latin receptivus →
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Meanings

adverbreceptively (comparative more receptively, superlative most receptively)

comparative more receptively · superlative most receptively

  1. In a receptive manner.

Origin

  1. Latinreceptus
  2. Medieval Latinreceptivus
  3. Middle Englishreceptive
  4. Englishreceptive
  5. Englishreceptively

From receptive + -ly.

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APA

receptively. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/receptively

MLA

“receptively.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/receptively. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

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

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