partitively
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par·ti·tive
(pär′tĭ-tĭv)adj.
1. Dividing or serving to divide something into parts; marked by division.
2. Grammar Indicating a part as distinct from a whole, as some of the coffee in the sentence She drank some of the coffee.
n. Grammar
1. A partitive word, such as many or less.
2. A partitive construction or case.
[Middle English, from Old French partitif, from Medieval Latin partītīvus, from Latin partītus, past participle of partīre, to divide; see partite.]
par′ti·tive·ly adv.
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