significativelyadv.

?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1865) I. 113 (MED) The Mownte of Oliuete..was callede significatiuely [L. Signanter] the mownte of liȝhte, for the sonne schynenge, hit receyvede liȝhte of hit, and of the temple by nyȝhte.

a1538 J. Lambert Treat. vnto Henry VIII (?1548) f. 31^v The breade of the sacrament is truly Christes bodye, and the wyne to be truly hys bloude... But in a certen wyse, that is to wite, fyguratyuely, sacramentally, or sygnyfycatyuely.

1579 W. Fulke Heskins Parl. Repealed in D. Heskins Ouerthrowne 203 The same is eaten in the sacrament as in a mysterie, significatiuely.

1624 T. Gataker Discuss. Transubstant. 13 That the Bread be Christs body significatively (that is, by signification onely).

a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) i. 18 Amiral (thus compounded) was significatively comprehensive of his Jurisdiction.

1747 B. Kennicott Two Diss. i. 16 St. Austin..thinks it was call'd the Tree of Life, not effectively, but significatively; as a Sign of true Immortality, which he should receive of God.

1789 T. Campbell Strictures on Eccles. & Lit. Hist. Ireland ii. 21 Not even the Engraver's art can cast a shade of probability upon this air-drawn hall; though significatively called Bruidhean.

1839 C. J. Boyle Love's Exchange I. xii. 219 As he rushed forward into the chamber, he turned towards the intruder, and waved his hand significatively.

1881 I. Pitman in Phonetic Jrnl. 21 May 244/1 Clashings produced by confounding two words of different sound under one spelling..would be..significatively misleading.

1901 Locomotive Firemen's Mag. May 672/2 In their earliest writings the Chinese characters were used..significatively, to express in the native language the idea contained in the character.

2005 R. Bernet et al. Edmund Husserl IV. vii. lvii. 116 Genuine signs do not signify or significatively refer in virtue of any natural, physical, or psychological link between the sign and its referent.