adjectively

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English adjective

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 adjectively

From adjective + -ly.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈadʒɛktɪvli/

Adverb

adjectively (not comparable)

1. As an adjective; adjectivally. [from 16th c.]
   • 1952, Doris Lessing, Martha Quest, Panther, published 1974, page 146:

     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.

Translations

in the manner of an adjective

• Italian: aggettivamente
• Korean: 형용적(形容的)으로 (hyeong'yongjeog-euro)
• Portuguese: adjetivamente