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Definition of Abortively
1. Adverb. In an unfruitful manner.
Definition of Abortively
1. adv. In an abortive or untimely manner; immaturely; fruitlessly.
Definition of Abortively
1. Adverb. In an abortive or untimely manner; immaturely; fruitlessly. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Abortively
1. [adv]
Medical Definition of Abortively
1. In an abortive or untimely manner; immaturely; fruitlessly. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Abortively
Literary usage of Abortively
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1883)
"The occipital ring does not exist, and the hard part of the basi-occipital, as
we have seen, is abortively developed. In front of the posterior sphenoidal ..."
2. Typhoid Fever Considered as a Problem of Scientific Medicine by Frederick Parker Gay (1918)
"As may be anticipated, the abortively recovered cases represent by and large,
... Our characterization of a preponderance of these abortively cured cases as ..."
3. The MAGAZINE of Horticulture, Botany, and All Useful Discoveries and (1863)
"THE blossoms of fruit trees fall off abortively in some seasons and produce much
fruit in others, in which the weather, relatively to temperature and ..."
4. A Selection from the Physiological and Horticultural Papers by Thomas Andrew Knight (1841)
"THE blossoms of fruit trees fall off abortively in some seasons, ... blossom of
fruit trees falls off abortively, in a moderately favourable season, ..."
5. Report by Oklahoma Adjutant-general's office (1859)
"But that a whole generation of these insects should be brought forth abortively
each summer, to perish without making any provision for a continuance of ..."
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