correctively

English

Etymology

From corrective +‎ -ly.

Adverb

correctively (comparative more correctively, superlative most correctively)

1. In a corrective manner; so as to correct something.
   • 2007 June 20, Melissa Clark, “A Dish Whose Heart Longs for Spring”, in The New York Times‎^[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 26 November 2022:

     I would throw in radishes, too, which would add a correctively spicy bite to keep things from getting too cloying.