ablatively

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
English ablative
Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.
Proto-Germanic *līkąder.
Proto-Germanic *-līkaz
Proto-Germanic *-ê
Proto-Germanic *-līkê
Proto-West Germanic *-līkē
Old English -līċe
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English ablatively

    From ablative (“to carry away”) + -ly.

    Pronunciation

    • (US) IPA(key): /ˌæb.ləˈtaɪv.li/
    • Audio (US):(file)

    Adverb

    ablatively (comparative more ablatively, superlative most ablatively)

    1. In an ablative manner. [Mid 19th century.][1]

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    References

    1. ^ Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “ablatively”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 5.
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