Derivatively

adv

adv ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 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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