disjunctive
adjective
serving or tending to disjoin; separating; dividing; distinguishing.
disjunctively
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a word derived from
disjunctive.
Example Sentences
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For perhaps you do not quite understand propositions which are stated disjunctively.
From The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, Volume 4 by Marcus Tullius Cicero
The first child in each set is thinking disjunctively; the second has his facts organized into definite relationships.
From Here and Now Story Book Two- to seven-year-olds by Hendrik Willem Van Loon
The two processes are disjunctively connected in the language of both regulations.
From The Principles of Masonic Law A Treatise on the Constitutional Laws, Usages and Landmarks of Freemasonry by Albert G. Mackey
The design of the hand is uniformly the same with our tribes, whether it be used disjunctively or alone, or connected with the arm alone, or with the whole body.
From Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, Vol. II. by John L. Stephens
Whenever two or more pronouns of different persons, and of the singular number, follow each other disjunctively, the question of concord arises.
From A Handbook of the English Language by R. G. (Robert Gordon) Latham
