facultatively

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English facultative

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 facultatively

From facultative + -ly.

Adverb

facultatively (comparative more facultatively, superlative most facultatively)

1. In a facultative manner.

Synonyms

• optionally

Antonyms

• mandatorily

Translations

in a facultative manner

• Finnish: fakultatiivisesti