indicativelyadv.
1. Grammar. In the indicative mood.
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imperatively1586
indicativelya1603
optatively1626
potentially1650
subjunctively1651
a1603 T. Cartwright Confut. Rhemists New Test. (1618) 647 Whether it be turned Imperatiuely or Indicatiuely, it hurteth not us.
1882 B. F. Westcott Gospel according to St. John 135 If ‘do’ be taken imperatively in v. 38, the connexion is [etc.]. If it be taken indicatively, then the answer is [etc.].
2. As regards indications given.
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indicatively1701
1701 N. Grew Cosmol. Sacra ii. iii. §38 These Images..formed in the Brain..are Jndicatively, of the same Species with those of Sense.
3. In an indicative manner; so as to point out.
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indicatively1856
1856 W. Collins Rogue's Life in Househ. Words 8 Mar. 189/1 I heard her say sweetly and indicatively, ‘My father’.
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