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Definition of Explicatively
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Explicatively
Literary usage of Explicatively
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Introduction to Child Psychology by Charles Wilkin Waddell (1918)
"14) has pointed out that the greater the number of words used explicatively,
rather than merely indicatively, the higher the intelligence is likely to be. ..."
2. A Grammar of the Greek Language by William Edward Jelf (1866)
"... is also used explicatively to mark that the relative sentence expresses
some (for the time) especial ..."
3. The Syntax and Synonyms of the Greek Testament by William Webster (1864)
"4 ; explicatively, E. 1. 23 ; G. 4. 26 ; differentially, where it denotes an
attribute which essentially belongs to the nature of the antecedent, G. 4. ..."
4. Of the Church, Five Books by Richard Field (1852)
"... who shall suffer a temporal punishment in fire, as Master Higgons would have
them, but explicatively, to signify the condition of all Christians. ..."
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