adjectively

adv

adjectively

adv

UK /ˈadʒɛktɪvli/

Etymology From adjective + -ly.

1

As an adjective; adjectivally.

Its boundary fence ran along North Avenue; and for many years people had used the phrase ‘North Avenue’ adjectively. ‘She's ever so North Avenue,’ Donovan might say approvingly.1952, Doris Lessing, Martha Quest, Panther, published 1974, page 146:

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