PUTATIVELY

Etymology

Adverb

putatively (comparative more putatively, superlative most putatively)

According to belief.

Source: Wiktionary


PUTATIVE

Pu"ta*tive, a. Etym: [L. putativus, fr. putare, putatum, to reckon, suppose, adjust, prune, cleanse. See Pure, and cf. Amputate, Compute, Dispute, Impute.]

Definition: Commonly thought or deemed; supposed; reputed; as, the putative father of a child. "His other putative (I dare not say feigned) friends." E. Hall. Thus things indifferent, being esteemed useful or pious, became customary, and then came for reverence into a putative and usurped authority. Jer. Taylor.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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