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Definition of Costively
1. adv. In a costive manner.
Definition of Costively
1. Adverb. In a costive manner. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Costively
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Costively
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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