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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

  1. conjunctival ring,
  2. conjunctival sac,
  3. conjunctival test,
  4. conjunctival varix,
  5. conjunctival vein,
  6. conjunctive eye movement,
  7. conjunctivitis,
  8. conjunctivoma,
  9. conjunctivoplasty,
  10. 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 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.

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