Definition of Optatively

1. adv. In an optative manner; with the expression of desire.

Definition of Optatively

1. Adverb. In an optative way. ¹

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Definition of Optatively

1. [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Optatively

opsonophilic
opsony
opt
opt-outs
opt in
opt out
optable
optant
optants
optation
optations
optative
optative mood
optatively (current term)
optatives
opted
opted in
opted out
opter
opters
opthalmic
opthalmologist
opthalmology
opthalmoscope
opthamology
optic
optic agnosia
optic ataxia

Literary usage of Optatively

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Grammar of the German Language Philosophically Developed by G. M. Heilner (1851)
"This distinction is strikingly corroborated when the subjunctive mood is used optatively ; for then in both languages the imperfect tenses are invariably ..."

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