supportively

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
English support
Proto-Indo-European *-wós
Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder.
Latin -īvus
Old French -ifbor.
Middle English -yf
English -ive
English supportive
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 supportively

    From supportive + -ly.

    Adverb

    supportively (comparative more supportively, superlative most supportively)

    1. In a supportive way.
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