Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

correctively

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: cor-rec-tive-ly
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a corrective manner; so as to correct something.

Example Sentences

"I would throw in radishes, too, which would add a correctively spicy bite to keep things from getting too cloying."

Etymology

From corrective + -ly.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: corrective

Inflected Forms

more correctively (comparative) most correctively (superlative)

Questions

What does correctively mean?: In a corrective manner; so as to correct something.
Where does correctively come from?: From corrective + -ly.

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