associative
adjective
pertaining to or resulting from association.
associatively
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a word derived from
associative.
Example Sentences
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A lot of this hour came together free associatively.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2022
“Immigrant, Montana,” drawing on a pedigree that stretches back to Sterne, proceeds associatively, rather than by incident.
From The New Yorker ● Jul. 23, 2018
The images that associatively come to my mind when I look at “The Cotton Pickers” are highly personal, but they remain opaque until I name them.
From New York Times ● Mar. 14, 2017
Two recent studies support this link at least associatively, but experts remain uncertain if age is the cause of these problems.
From Scientific American ● Aug. 29, 2011
There is, however, in all schoolroom work a large mass of material that must be dull and unexciting, and to which it is impossible in any continuous way to contribute an interest associatively derived.
From Talks To Teachers On Psychology; And To Students On Some Of Life's Ideals by James, William
