Vocatively
adv
adv ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adverb
- 1 In a vocative way.
"Kinship terminology is reportedly not used vocatively in family II, whereas it is in family I (note that Kwaza has no vocative morpheme). It is by MA considered ugly to use the words for 'husband' and 'wife' vocatively."
Example
More examples"Kinship terminology is reportedly not used vocatively in family II, whereas it is in family I (note that Kwaza has no vocative morpheme). It is by MA considered ugly to use the words for 'husband' and 'wife' vocatively."
Etymology
From vocative + -ly.