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Definition of Factitively
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Factitively
Literary usage of Factitively
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Essentials of English Grammar by William Dwight Whitney (1885)
"A verb, whether transitive or intransitive, is especially often used factitively
when it is also used reflexively (306) : thus, they sang themselves hoarse; ..."
2. A Manual of Our Mother Tongue by Henry Marmaduke Hewitt (1889)
"This may be done in three ways, Attributively, Predicatively, and factitively,
eg— (a) When the Adjective precedes the Noun, it is said qualify it ..."
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