| ABSTRACTIVELY | • abstractively adv. (Now rare) In an abstract manner; in the abstract. • ABSTRACTIVE adv. able or tending to abstract. |
| ACQUISITIVELY | • acquisitively adv. In an acquisitive manner; for the purpose of acquisition. • ACQUISITIVE adv. strongly desirous of acquiring and possessing. |
| ASSOCIATIVELY | • associatively adv. In an associative way. • ASSOCIATIVE adv. of or relating to association esp. of ideas or images. |
| ATAVISTICALLY | • atavistically adv. In an atavistic manner. • ATAVISTIC adv. showing atavism, a resemblance to more remote ancestors rather than to parents. |
| CARNIVOROUSLY | • carnivorously adv. In a carnivorous manner. • CARNIVOROUS adv. feeding on animal tissues. |
| CLAIRVOYANCES | • clairvoyances n. Plural of clairvoyance. • CLAIRVOYANCE n. the power of seeing things removed in time or space, also CLAIRVOYANCY. |
| CONTRASTIVELY | • contrastively adv. In a contrastive manner. • CONTRASTIVE adv. forming or consisting of a contrast. |
| CONVALESCENCY | • convalescency n. Dated form of convalescence. • CONVALESCENCY n. recovery from illness, also CONVALESCENCE. |
| CONVULSIONARY | • convulsionary n. A convulsionist. • convulsionary adj. Pertaining to convulsion; convulsive. • CONVULSIONARY n. a person who has convulsions, esp. one of a fanatical sect of Jansenists in eighteenth century France. |
| DISTRACTIVELY | • DISTRACTIVE adv. serving to distract. |
| POLYVALENCIES | • polyvalencies n. Plural of polyvalency. • POLYVALENCY n. the state of being polyvalent. |
| SPECULATIVELY | • speculatively adv. In a speculative manner. • SPECULATIVE adv. involving, based on, or constituting intellectual speculation. |
| SYLVICULTURAL | • sylvicultural adj. Alternative form of silvicultural. • SYLVICULTURAL adj. relating to sylviculture, also SILVICULTURAL. |
| UNSERVICEABLY | • unserviceably adv. In an unserviceable manner. |
| VICEROYALTIES | • viceroyalties n. Plural of viceroyalty. • VICEROYALTY n. the office of viceroy, also VICEROYSHIP. |
| VINYLCYANIDES | • VINYLCYANIDE n. another name for acrylonitrile, a compound used in making synthetic fibres. |