adumbratively

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English adumbrative

Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.

Proto-Germanic *līkąder.

Proto-Germanic *-līkaz

Proto-Germanic *-ê

Proto-Germanic *-līkê

Proto-West Germanic *-līkē

Old English -līċe

Middle English -ly

English -ly

English adumbratively

From adumbrative + -ly.

Adverb

adumbratively (comparative more adumbratively, superlative most adumbratively)

1. In an adumbrative manner