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SUBSTANTIVELY
Etymology
Adverb
substantively (comparative more substantively, superlative most substantively)
In a substantive manner, or to a substantive extent.
(grammar, of a word) Employed as a noun.
Source: Wiktionary
Sub"stan*tive*ly, adv.
1. In a substantive manner; in substance; essentially.
2. (Gram.)
Definition: As a substantive, name, or noun; as, an adjective may be used substantively.
SUBSTANTIVE
Sub"stan*tive, a. Etym: [L. substantivus: cf. F. substantif.]
1. Betokening or expressing existence; as, the substantive verb, that is, the verb to be.
2. Depending on itself; independent. He considered how sufficient and substantive this land was to maintain itself without any aid of the foreigner. Bacon.
3. Enduring; solid; firm; substantial. Strength and magnitude are qualities which impress the imagination in a powerful and substantive manner. Hazlitt.
4. Pertaining to, or constituting, the essential part or principles; as, the law substantive. Noun substantive (Gram.), a noun which designates an object, material or immaterial; a substantive.
– Substantive color, one which communicates its color without the aid of a mordant or base; -- opposed to adjective color.
Sub"stan*tive, n. Etym: [Cf. F. substantif.] (Gram.)
Definition: A noun or name; the part of speech which designates something that exists, or some object of thought, either material or immaterial; as, the words man, horse, city, goodness, excellence, are substantives.
Sub"stan*tive, v. t.
Definition: To substantivize. [R.] Cudworth.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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