Dispensatively
adv
adv ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adverb
- 1 By dispensation. not-comparable
"c. 1630?, Henry Wotton, letter to the King First, for the point of Conscience, I can now hold my place Canonically, which I held before but dispensatively"
Synonyms
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More examples"c. 1630?, Henry Wotton, letter to the King First, for the point of Conscience, I can now hold my place Canonically, which I held before but dispensatively"
Etymology
From dispensative + -ly.
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