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Definition of -atively suffix from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

-atively

suffix

/ətɪvli/,

/eɪtɪvli/

/ətɪvli/,

/eɪtɪvli/

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(in adverbs) in a way that does or tends to do something
- creatively
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