AUGMENTATIVELY

Etymology

Adverb

augmentatively (comparative more augmentatively, superlative most augmentatively)

In an augmentative fashion.

Source: Wiktionary


AUGMENTATIVE

Aug*ment"a*tive, a. Etym: [Cf. F. augmentatif.]

Definition: Having the quality or power of augmenting; expressing augmentation.

– Aug*ment"a*tive*ly, adv.

Aug*ment"a*tive, n. (Gram.)

Definition: A word which expresses with augmented force the idea or the properties of the term from which it is derived; as, dullard, one very dull. Opposed to diminutive. Gibbs.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.

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