corrective
adjective
tending to correct or rectify; remedial.
correctively
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a word derived from
corrective.
Example Sentences
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As a carbon-farming tool, compost bears some notable advantages — namely, it works both preventively and correctively.
From New York Times ● Apr. 18, 2018
“Our wishes,” he said, correctively, and she dropped her 324 eyes and bent her head in assent.
From The Bondwoman by Ryan, Marah Ellis
"But, Polly, it is looking up a little, now that the Empress of Austria is building a villa there," suggested a sister correctively.
From Mentone, Cairo, and Corfu by Woolson, Constance Fenimore
"Our niece, too—sort o'," she added, correctively; for Eliza Marshall made little of certain vague ties to a half-brother.
From With the Procession by Fuller, Henry Blake
“Five an’ half at this time o’ the tide,” said Josh correctively.
From Menhardoc by Staniland, C.J.
