partitively

Variant of partitive

adjective

  1. used in setting off or separating; making a division
  2. Gram.
    1. referring to a part of a whole
    2. of or relating to a case expressing reference to a part of a whole

Origin: ML partitivus: see partite & -ive

noun

  1. a partitive word or form
  2. the partitive case

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