Pronunciations
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/dɪˈskɹɪptɪvli/
Pronunciation notes
- UK
Adverb
In a descriptive manner.
- Examples
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He snapped his fingers descriptively.
More examples (1)
Type D half-lines ending in words of this type are analysed by Hutcheson as ending in two completely unstressed syllables. That analysis must be descriptively correct for, say, the 10th cent.; whether it would have fitted the facts in the 8th cent. is much less clear.
Adverb
by giving a description
- Examples
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these topics need to be treated not just descriptively