Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In the manner of the dative ease; as a dative.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb rare As a gift.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb rare As a
gift .
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
dative + -ly
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Examples
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(noun or pronoun) and I: used accusatively or datively.
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(noun or pronoun) and I: used accusatively or datively.
SeeLight: 2008
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