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extinctively

adv

Etymology

From extinctive + -ly.

  1. derived from *stengʷ-✻ — “to push”
  2. derived from extīnctus
  3. inherited from extinct — “eliminated, eradicated, extinguished”
  4. suffixed as extinctive — “extinct + ive”
  5. suffixed as extinctively — “extinctive + ly”

Definitions

  1. In an extinctive manner.

    • A study of the experiments which have been made to determine the composition of atmospheres, which act extinctively upon flame, shows that in many cases the atmosphere under examination was in contact with water.

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