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representatively

Variant of representative

adjective

  1. representing or serving to represent; specif.,
    1. picturing; portraying; reproducing
    2. acting or speaking, esp. by due authority, in the place or on behalf of another or others; esp., serving as a delegate in a legislative assembly
  2. composed of persons duly authorized, as by election, to act and speak for others: a representative assembly
  3. of, characterized by, or based on representation of the people by elected delegates: representative government
  4. being an example or type of a certain class or kind of thing; typical: a building representative of modern architecture

noun

  1. a person or thing enough like the others in its class or kind to serve as an example or type
  2. a person duly authorized to act or speak for another or others; specif.,
    1. a member of a legislative assembly
    2. a salesman or agent for a business firm
  3. ☆ a member of the lower house of Congress (House of Representatives) or of a State legislature

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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