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adoptively

adv

Etymology

From adoptive + -ly.

  1. derived from adoptō
  2. derived from adopter
  3. suffixed as adoptive — “adopt + ive”
  4. suffixed as adoptively — “adoptive + ly”

Definitions

  1. In an adoptive manner

    In an adoptive manner; by adoption.

    • The became grandparents adoptively.

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