privatively
English
Etymology
privative + -ly
Adverb
privatively (not comparable)
- In a privative manner; by the absence of something; negatively.
- a. 1660, Henry Hammond, a sermon
- ordinary despair in our spiritual: then privatively, depriving us of that which is the mother and soul of our obedience and good works , I mean faith
- a. 1660, Henry Hammond, a sermon
References
privatively in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913