appreciatively

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English appreciate

Proto-Indo-European *-wós

Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder.

Latin -īvus

Old French -ifbor.

Middle English -yf

English -ive

English appreciative

Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.

Proto-Germanic *līkąder.

Proto-Germanic *-līkaz

Proto-Germanic *-ê

Proto-Germanic *-līkê

Proto-West Germanic *-līkē

Old English -līċe

Middle English -ly

English -ly

English appreciatively

From appreciative + -ly.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʌˈpɹiʃəˌtɪvli/

Adverb

appreciatively (comparative more appreciatively, superlative most appreciatively)

1. In an appreciative manner.
   • 1927, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], Max Carrados Mysteries:

     Mr Carrados laughed appreciatively as he turned the pages of the book.

   • 1954 [1948], Samuel Beckett, Waiting for Godot […] , New York: Grove Press, translation of En attendant Godot, page 12:

     ESTRAGON: I've forgotten. (Chews.) That's what annoys me. (He looks at the carrot appreciatively, dangles it between finger and thumb.) I'll never forget this carrot. (He sucks the end of it meditatively.) Ah yes, now I remember.

Translations

in an appreciative manner

• French: appréciativement (fr)
• Portuguese: apreciativamente