accusatively

Variant of accusative

accusative definition

ac·cu·sa·tive (ə kyo̵̅o̅′zə tiv)

adjective

  1. Gram. designating, of, or in the case of the direct object of a finite verb: also sometimes used of the objective case in English
  2. accusatory

Etymology: ME acusatif < L accusativus < accusare, accuse: L mistransl. (by Priscian) of Gr grammatical term correctly rendered causativus, causative: the goal or end point of an action was orig. considered to be its cause

noun

  1. the accusative case
  2. a word in this case

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