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
By zeal the work of this fight absorbs more and more of life, and it may engage a large number associatively.
From Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals by William Graham Sumner
