discriminatively

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

discriminative +‎ -ly

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /dɪsˈkɹɪmɪnətɪvli/, /dɪsˈkɹɪmɪˌneɪtɪvli/

Adverb[edit]

discriminatively (comparative more discriminatively, superlative most discriminatively)

  1. With discrimination or distinction.
    • 1804, John Foster, Essays in a Series of Letters:
      [] acquiring an understanding of its leading principles, so as to be able to give them forth discriminatively in language of his own []