Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

datively

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
da-tive-ly
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

As a gift.

Etymology

Etymology tree English dative Middle English -ly English -ly English datively From dative + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more datively (comparative) most datively (superlative)

Questions

What does datively mean?
As a gift.
Where does datively come from?
Etymology tree English dative Middle English -ly English -ly English datively From dative + -ly.

How to pronounce datively

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