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Definition of Acquisitively
1. adv. In the way of acquisition.
Definition of Acquisitively
1. Adverb. In an acquisitive manner; for the purpose of acquisition. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Acquisitively
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Acquisitively
Literary usage of Acquisitively
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Compendious System of Greek Grammar: In English and Greek. An Edition by Edward Wettenhall, William Powell Farrand, William Staughton (1813)
"The government of transitive and substantive verbs, and of those put acquisitively,*
is the same as in Latin. So also verbs of asking, teaching, clothing, ..."
2. Bulletin by Montana Historical Society, Henry E. Legler Regional Branch, Library, Chicago Public Library, Chicago West Side Historical Society (1910)
"... the improperly employed, or the acquisitively rather than productively employed;
and fourth, the voluntary idle, commonly known as the leisure class. ..."
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