DESCRIPTIVELY

descriptively

(adverb) by giving a description; “these topics need to be treated not just descriptively”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Adverb

descriptively (comparative more descriptively, superlative most descriptively)

In a descriptive manner.

Source: Wiktionary

DESCRIPTIVE

De*scrip"tive, a. Etym: [L. descriptivus: cf. F. descriptif.]

Definition: Tending to describe; having the quality of representing; containing description; as, a descriptive figure; a descriptive phrase; a descriptive narration; a story descriptive of the age. Descriptive anatomy, that part of anatomy which treats of the forms and relations of parts, but not of their textures.

– Descriptive geometry, that branch of geometry. which treats of the graphic solution of problems involving three dimensions, by means of projections upon auxiliary planes. Davies & Peck (Math. Dict. ) -- De*scrip"tive*ly, adv.

– De*scrip"tive*ness, n.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition