nutritively

Variant of nutritive

nutritive definition

nu·tri·tive (no̵̅o̅′trə tiv, nyo̵̅o̅′-)

adjective

  1. having to do with nutrition
  2. promoting nutrition; nutritious

Etymology: ME nutritiff < OFr nutritif < ML nutritivus

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