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Webster 1913 Edition
Privatively
Priv′a-tive-ly
,adv.
In a privative manner; by the absence of something; negatively.
[R.]
Hammond.
Webster 1828 Edition
Privatively
PRIV'ATIVELY
,adv.
1.
Negatively. The duty of the new covenant is set down first privatively. [Unusual.]
Definition 2024
privatively
privatively
English
Adverb
privatively (not comparable)
- In a privative manner; by the absence of something; negatively.
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