Definition of Descriptively

1. Adverb. By giving a description. "These topics need to be treated not just descriptively"

Partainyms: Descriptive

Definition of Descriptively

1. Adverb. In a descriptive manner. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Descriptively

1. [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Descriptively

descriptional
descriptions
descriptive
descriptive-geometry
descriptive adjective
descriptive anatomy
descriptive anthropology
descriptive clause
descriptive ethics
descriptive geometries
descriptive geometry
descriptive linguistics
descriptive myology
descriptive psychiatry
descriptive statistics
descriptively
descriptiveness
descriptives
descriptivism
descriptivist
descriptivists
descriptivity
descriptor
descriptors
descrive
descrived
descrives
descry
descrying
deseasonalize

Literary usage of Descriptively

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

1. The American Journal of Psychology by Granville Stanley Hall, Edward Bradford Titchener (1905)
"Just as causality must now be used only descriptively of lawful occurrence, lawfulness must only be used descriptively of similar occurrence, that is, ..."

2. Werner's Readings and Recitations (1903)
"{Descriptively.] Walter's wonted wretchedness wholly waned. ... [Descriptively.] Wisbeach Woods were white with wild-flowers; warm westerly winds whispered ..."

3. Learning Along the Way: Professional Development by and for Teachersby Diane Sweeney by Diane Sweeney (2003)
"I think we need to help them write more descriptively," Paul complains to ... We find benchmark papers that are written descriptively, create prompts for ..."

4. Composition, Oral and Written by Charles Sears Baldwin (1911)
"Compare descriptively (eg, using an old print) the Pittsburgh of a hundred years ago with the Pittsburgh of to-day. II. This development came partly from ..."

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