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Definition of Transitively
1. Adverb. In a transitive manner. "You can use the verb `eat' transitively or intransitively"
Definition of Transitively
1. Adverb. In a transitive manner. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Transitively
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Transitively
Literary usage of Transitively
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Shakespeare Studies, and Essay on English Dictionaries by Thomas Spencer Baynes, Lewis Campbell (1896)
"... as transitively, though only in the latter sense by Shakespeare. In the passage
in "King John," where alone it has an intransitive meaning— " So by a ..."
2. Theory of Groups of Finite Order by William Burnside (1897)
"There are thus 22 distinct intransitive substitution groups of degree 7, in which
the symbols are interchanged transitively in two sets of 4 and 3 ..."
3. Topics in Physical Geometry by Robert Hermann (1988)
"GROUPS WHICH ACT transitively ON THE BUNDLE OF TANGENT BASES . AFFINE CONNECTIONS
Let X be an n-dimensional manifold. Let B(X) be the bundle of tangent ..."
4. Dictionary of Americanisms. by John Russell Bartlett (1877)
"Some newspaper writers use this verb transitively, in the sense of to advocate
in the manner of a pettifogger; as, ..."
5. Practical Lessons in English Grammar and Composition by Henry Pendexter Emerson, Ida Catherine Bender (1910)
"EXERCISE 29 Use these verbs transitively and intransitively : — EXAMPLE : He
broke the window. The rope broke. shake spread blow increase freeze pass grow ..."
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