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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
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 ..."