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substantively, adv.|ˈsʌbstəntɪvlɪ|
[f. substantive a. + -ly2.]
1. Gram. As a substantive or noun.
1548Thomas Ital. Gram., Dict., Somma, substantiuely is the somme or full numbre in reckenyng. 1665Brinsley Posing Pts. 131 These Genitives put Substantively, Tanti, quanti. a1680Glanvill Sadducismus ii. (1681) 34 To δαιµονιον, is to be understood Substantively for a Person, viz. an Evil Spirit. 1768Holdsworth Rem. Virgil 171 If Galbaneo cannot be used substantively. 1807G. Chalmers Caledonia I. iii. ix. 447 Cainianog..was formerly used substantively, for coin of different valuations.
2. As an independent or self-existing person or thing; substantially, inherently.
1598Bacon Sacred Medit., Heresies (Arb.) 129 Which actions, they will haue to depende substantiuely and originally, and without any..subordination of causes vpon the will. 1844S. R. Maitland Dark Ages 482 You are gods, and all of you the sons of the most High. But this adoptively, and not substantively. 1891F. Mary Wilson Browning Primer 43 It may be said of Browning that, adjectively dramatic, he is not substantively a dramatist.
3. In substance or effect, substantially.
1828Examiner 115/2 Substantively, we have alluded to all worth mentioning, it being unnecessary to dwell on some light attendant matter. 1858Pirie Inq. Hum. Mind ii. §2. 92 The French philosophers have..substantively thrown off their allegiance to Reid. |