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deductively, adv.|dɪˈdʌktɪvlɪ| [f. prec. + -ly2.] In a deductive manner, by deduction, inferentially; † by derivation or descent.
a1641Bp. R. Montagu Acts & Mon. (1642) 132 Holinesse..deductively passed from himselfe to others, members and parts of his body mysticall. 1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. i. x. 39 Yet doth it diductively and upon inference include the same. 1857Whewell Hist. Induct. Sc. I. 114 Which trace deductively the results. 1862H. Spencer First Princ. ii. viii. §73 The truth as arrived at deductively, cannot be inductively confirmed. |