suppletively

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adverb

In a suppletive way.

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Meanings

adverbsuppletively (comparative more suppletively, superlative most suppletively)

comparative more suppletively · superlative most suppletively

  1. In a suppletive way.

    And as noted in chapter 2, in exactly this sense the adjective bad compares regularly, not suppletively: bad – badder – baddest.

    2012, Jonathan David Bobaljik, Universals in Comparative Morphology, page 195

Origin

From suppletive + -ly.

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

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Chicago

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

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