vocatively
English
Etymology
vocative + -ly
Adverb
vocatively (comparative more vocatively, superlative most vocatively)
- In a vocative way.
- 2004, Hein van der Voort, A Grammar of Kwaza (page 722)
- Kinship terminology is reportedly not used vocatively in family II, whereas it is in family I (note that Kwaza has no vocative morpheme). It is by MA considered ugly to use the words for 'husband' and 'wife' vocatively.
- 2004, Hein van der Voort, A Grammar of Kwaza (page 722)