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adhesively

adv

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Latin haereō Latin adhaereō Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Medieval Latin adhaesivusbor. French adhésifder. English adhesive Proto-Indo-European *leyg- Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English adhesively From adhesive + -ly.

  1. derived from adhaesivus
  2. derived from adhésif
  3. suffixed as adhesively — “adhesive + ly”

Definitions

  1. In an adhesive manner

    In an adhesive manner; by adhesion.

    • The screw fastening was supplemented adhesively.

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