Connotatively

adv

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Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    In a way that connotes; concerning connotation.

    "We use words either denotatively or connotatively; denotatively when a word is used as a mere mark or sign to point out which thing of all possible things we mean to speak of, and connotatively when it is used to point out a supposed characteristic of the thing denoted."

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connotationally

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"We use words either denotatively or connotatively; denotatively when a word is used as a mere mark or sign to point out which thing of all possible things we mean to speak of, and connotatively when it is used to point out a supposed characteristic of the thing denoted."

Etymology

From connotative + -ly.

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