Derivatively
adv
adv ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adverb
- 1 In a derivative fashion
"The pleasures of food and sex are compared […] in much the same way, derivatively enough, that Bunny equates the two in John Guare's House of Blue Leaves."
Example
More examples"The pleasures of food and sex are compared […] in much the same way, derivatively enough, that Bunny equates the two in John Guare's House of Blue Leaves."
Etymology
From derivative + -ly.
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