definitions

conjunctive

[ kuh n-juhngk-tiv ]
/ kənˈdʒʌŋk tɪv /
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adjective

serving to connect; connective: conjunctive tissue.
conjoined; joint: a conjunctive action.
Grammar.
  1. (of a mode) subjunctive.
  2. (of a pronoun) conjunct.
  3. of the nature of a conjunction.
  4. (of an adverb) serving to connect two clauses or sentences, as however or furthermore.
Logic. characterizing propositions that are conjunctions.

noun

Grammar. a conjunctive word; a conjunction.

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Nearby words

conjunctival ring, conjunctival sac, conjunctival test, conjunctival varix, conjunctival vein, conjunctive, conjunctive eye movement, conjunctivitis, conjunctivoma, conjunctivoplasty, conjuncture

Origin of conjunctive

1400–50; late Middle English conjunctif < Late Latin conjunctīvus. See conjunct, -ive

Related forms

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Examples from the Web for conjunctively

  • The world it represents as a collection, some parts of which are conjunctively and others disjunctively related.

    Essays in Radical Empiricism|William James

British Dictionary definitions for conjunctively

conjunctive

/ (kənˈdʒʌŋktɪv) /

adjective

joining; connective
joined
of or relating to conjunctions or their use
logic relating to, characterized by, or containing a conjunction

noun

a less common word for conjunction (def. 3)

Derived Forms

conjunctively, adverb

Word Origin for conjunctive

C15: from Late Latin conjunctīvus, from Latin conjungere to conjoin
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