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ˈoperatively, adv. [f. prec. + -ly2.] In an operative manner; so as to operate, work, or produce effects; effectively, practically.
1601Dolman La Primaud. Fr. Acad. iii. (1618) 733 The first qualities of cold and dry, wherewith the earth is actually, and the moone operatiuely replenished. 1625Ussher Answ. Jesuit 132 [They] doe discharge that part of their function which concerneth forgivenesse of sinnes, partly operatively, partly declaratively. 1782Paine Let. Abbé Raynal (1791) 24 The one was as operatively his tax as the other. 1843Blackw. Mag. LIV. 62 Probably the ancient Persian satraps..have much more truly been operatively present to the describers than any thing..amongst the realities of England. b. By or in respect of surgical operation.
1879St. George's Hosp. Rep. IX. 512 Closed pupil..treated operatively. |