Correctively

adv

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Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    In a corrective manner; so as to correct something.

    "I would throw in radishes, too, which would add a correctively spicy bite to keep things from getting too cloying."

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"I would throw in radishes, too, which would add a correctively spicy bite to keep things from getting too cloying."

Etymology

From corrective + -ly.

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