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reˈflectively, adv.
[f. prec. + -ly2.]
1. After reflection or consideration; deliberately.
1774Wraxall Tour North. Europe (1776) 260 Our English papers, which are reflectively and on principle the avowed vehicles of falshood over all Europe. 1875Whitney Life Lang. ii. 16 A peculiar red..was, reflectively and artificially, called by its inventor magenta.
2. In a reflective or thoughtful manner; thoughtfully, meditatively.
1825Hone Every-day Bk. I. 810 They..go homewards, reflectively. 1865E. C. Clayton (Mrs. Needham) Cruel Fortune I. 244 ‘It does seem like it, to be sure, when one comes to think it over’, observed Jessop, reflectively. 1887Spectator 2 Apr. 458/2 Any one who looks back on it reflectively, and remembers rather than reads.
3. By way of reflection (from one thing to another); indirectly, in consequence.
1855Miss Cobbe Intuit. Mor. 70 It cannot be because the happiness of our brethren will reflectively produce our own. a1876H. Martineau Autobiogr. (1877) I. ii. 101 We had..a great reverence for Mrs. Barbauld and, reflectively, for Dr. Aikin, her brother. |