Definition of Possessively

1. Adverb. In a possessive manner. "He was sleeping, one arm flung possessively across his wife"

Partainyms: Possessive

Definition of Possessively

1. adv. In a possessive manner.

Definition of Possessively

1. Adverb. in a possessive manner ¹

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Definition of Possessively

1. [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Possessively

possessionlessness
possessions
possessival
possessive
possessive-pronoun
possessive adjective
possessive adjectives
possessive case
possessive cases
possessive determiner
possessive determiners
possessive pronoun
possessive pronouns
possessive suffix
possessive suffixes
possessively (current term)
possessiveness
possessives
possessor
possessors
possessorship
possessory
possessour
possessours
possesst
possest
posset
posseted
posseting
possets

Literary usage of Possessively

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1849)
"Ae toon as l!ie years of his apprenticeship their matrimonial initials linked possessively to those of their own commercial firm, and at the same time ..."

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