Definition of Costively

1. adv. In a costive manner.

Definition of Costively

1. Adverb. In a costive manner. ¹

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Definition of Costively

1. [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Costively

costicartilage
costiferous
costiform
costimulate
costimulated
costimulates
costimulating
costimulation
costimulations
costimulator
costimulators
costimulatory
costing
costings
costively (current term)
costivenesses
costless
costlessly
costlewe
costlier
costliest
costliness
costlinesses
costly
costmaries
costmary
costning
costo-

Literary usage of Costively

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Medical and Surgical Reporter (1848)
"... or flannel dipped in hot ol: terebinth, to tender part of spine. Sulph: quinine, and carb: ferri internally, and being costively disposed, ..."

2. The Life of Percy Bysshe Shelly by Thomas Jefferson Hogg, Edward Dowden (1906)
"The scanty information, costively imparted, tempted me only to postpone indefinitely the gratification of my wishes. We had determined to quit Oxford ..."

3. The Life and Letters of the Reverend Adam Sedgwick by John Willis Clark, Thomas McKenny Hughes (1890)
"Such eg as the Natural Sciences Tripos already established ; though I grieve to say it works very costively—and such (speculatively) as a Tripos that would ..."

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