prelusively

adv

prelusively

adv

Etymology From prelusive + -ly.

1

In a prelusive manner.

A tradition, or whatever it was, that had flowered prelusively in the Princess herself—well, Amerigo's very discretions were his way of taking account of it.1904, Henry James, The Golden Bowl:

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