optatively

Variant of optative

adjective

  1. expressing wish or desire
  2. designating or of the grammatical mood, as in Greek, which expresses wish or desire

Origin: Fr optatif < LL optativus < pp. of L optare: see option

noun

  1. the optative mood
  2. a verb in this mood

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