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DISTRIBUTIVELY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does distributively mean?
• DISTRIBUTIVELY (adverb)
The adverb DISTRIBUTIVELY has 2 senses:
1. as individuals or as separate units (not collectively)
2. in a distributive manner
Familiarity information: DISTRIBUTIVELY used as an adverb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
As individuals or as separate units (not collectively)
Context example:
taken distributively, their rights are imperceptible
Pertainym:
distributive (serving to distribute or allot or disperse)
Sense 2
Meaning:
In a distributive manner
Context example:
marine vertebrates have their weight supported distributively by the water
Pertainym:
distributed (spread out or scattered about or divided up)
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