legislatively
(adverb) by legislation; “legislatively determined”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
legislatively (not comparable)
By legislation, by the method of enacting laws.
The base was legislatively closed: basically they passed a law saying to do it.
Source: Wiktionary
Leg"is*la*tive*ly, adv.
Definition: In a legislative manner.
Leg"is*la*tive, a. Etym: [Cf. F. législatij.]
1. Making, or having the power to make, a law or laws; lawmaking; -- distinguished from executive; as, a legislative act; a legislative body. The supreme legislative power of England was lodged in the king and great council, or what was afterwards called the Parliament. Hume.
2. Of or pertaining to the making of laws; suitable to legislation; as, the transaction of legislative business; the legislative style.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
3 April 2025
(noun) an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity; “how big is that part compared to the whole?”; “the team is a unit”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
