attributively

American

[uh-trib-yuh-tiv-lee] / əˈtrɪb jə tɪv li /

adverb

Grammar.

in an attributive or adjectival manner; in a position directly adjacent to and modifying a noun, without any intervening linking verb, as the adjective warm in a warm welcome or the noun romance in a romance novel.

Etymology

Origin of attributively

First recorded in 1850–55; attributive ( def. ) + -ly ( def. )

Example Sentences

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The word is also used attributively to indicate the kind of trade carried on in such towns.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" by Various

Hence He cannot be attributively defined, and man can know Him only by means of beings which emanate from Him.

From Judaism by Abrahams, Israel

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