- Datively
- Datively \Da"tive*ly\, adv. As a gift. [R.] [1913 Webster]
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Datively
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datively — See dative. * * * … Universalium
datively — adverb As a gift … Wiktionary
datively — adv. as an indirect object (Grammar) … English contemporary dictionary
datively — da·tive·ly … English syllables
datively — adverb see dative I … Useful english dictionary
dative — datival /day tuy veuhl/, adj. datively, adv. /day tiv/, Gram. adj. 1. (in certain inflected languages, as Latin, Greek, and German) noting a case having as a distinctive function indication of the indirect object of a verb or the object of… … Universalium
dative — /ˈdeɪtɪv / (say daytiv) Grammar –adjective 1. denoting the case of a word which serves as the indirect object of a verb. –noun 2. the dative case. 3. a word in the dative case. {Middle English, from Latin datīvus of or relating to giving}… …
dative — [dāt′iv] adj. [ME < L dativus, relating to giving < datus (see DATE1); its grammatical use in LL ( casus) dativus, dat. (case), translates Gr dotikē] Gram. designating, of, or in the case of the indirect object of a finite verb n. 1. the… … English World dictionary
