Descriptively
//dɪˈskɹɪptɪvli// adv
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Definitions
Adverb
- 1 In a descriptive manner.
"He snapped his fingers descriptively."
Adverb
- 1 by giving a description wordnet
Synonyms
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More examples"Syndromes are often named after the physician or group of physicians who discovered them or initially described the full clinical picture. Such eponymous syndrome names are examples of medical eponyms. Recently, there has been a shift towards naming conditions descriptively (by symptoms or underlying cause) rather than eponymously, but the eponymous syndrome names often persist in common usage."
Etymology
From descriptive + -ly.
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