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suˈppositively, adv. [f. prec. + -ly2.] In a suppositive manner; in the way of supposition; upon some supposition; hypothetically.
1576Fleming Panopl. Epist. 269 marg., Not as though vertue could be in extremitie,..but he meaneth suppositiuely, if it were so that vertue coulde exceede. 1650in Athenæum 13 Dec. (1879) 763/2 He accused Marsys to be an unfaithfull Translator, in positiuely rendring what the King suppositiuely speakes. 1678R. Barclay Apol. Quakers vii. §7. 216 It..signifies really, and not suppositively, that Excellent Quality. |