CONSTRUCTIVELY

constructively

(adverb) in a constructive manner; “it is my task to look critically and constructively at the flaws and the failures”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adverb

constructively (comparative more constructively, superlative most constructively)

In a constructive manner

Source: Wiktionary


Con*struct"ive*ly, adv.

Definition: In a constructive manner; by construction or inference. A neutral must have notice of a blockade, either actually by a formal information, or constructively by notice to his government. Kent.

CONSTRUCTIVE

Con*struct"ive, a. Etym: [Cf. F. constructif.]

1. Having ability to construct or form; employed in construction; as, to exhibit constructive power. The constructive fingers of Watts. Emerson.

2. Derived from, or depending on, construction or interpretation; not directly expressed, but inferred. Constructive crimes (Law), acts having effects analogous to those of some statutory or common law crimes; as, constructive treason. Constructive crimes are no longer recognized by the courts.

– Constructive notice, notice imputed by construction of law.

– Constructive trust, a trust which may be assumed to exist, though no actual mention of it be made.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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