connotatively

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English connotative

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 connotatively

From connotative + -ly.

Adverb

connotatively (comparative more connotatively, superlative most connotatively)

1. In a way that connotes; concerning connotation.

   Synonym: connotationally

   Antonyms: denotatively, denotationally

   • 1878, Shadworth Hollway Hodgson, The philosophy of reflection, volume 1, page 9:

     We use words either denotatively or connotatively; denotatively when a word is used as a mere mark or sign to point out which thing of all possible things we mean to speak of, and connotatively when it is used to point out a supposed characteristic of the thing denoted.