conjunctive

[kuh n-juhngk-tiv]

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.

Origin of conjunctive

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

Related formscon·junc·tive·ly, adverbnon·con·junc·tive, adjectivenon·con·junc·tive·ly, adverbsub·con·junc·tive, adjectivesub·con·junc·tive·ly, adverbun·con·junc·tive, adjective

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Historical Examples of 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

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 Formsconjunctively, adverb

Word Origin for conjunctive

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

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Word Origin and History for conjunctively

conjunctive

adj.

late 15c., from Latin coniunctivus "serving to connect," from coniunctus, past participle of coniungere (see conjoin). Grammatical sense is from 1660s.