instructively

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
English instruct
Proto-Indo-European *-wós
Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder.
Latin -īvus
Old French -ifbor.
Middle English -yf
English -ive
English instructive
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 instructively

    From instructive + -ly.

    Adverb

    instructively (comparative more instructively, superlative most instructively)

    1. In an instructive manner.
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