PREDICTIVELY

Etymology

Adverb

predictively (comparative more predictively, superlative most predictively)

In the manner of something that attempts or succeeds in predicting, anticipating or expecting.

The computer program predictively scheduled the number of employees we'd need each day of the year based on past workloads.

Source: Wiktionary


PREDICTIVE

Pre*dict"ive, a. Etym: [L. praedictivus.]

Definition: Foretelling; prophetic; foreboding.

– Pre*dict"ive*ly, adv.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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WHOLE

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In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.

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