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dispensatively

adv · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adv

Meaning 1

By dispensation.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • c. 1630?, Henry Wotton, letter to the King First, for the point of Conscience, I can now hold my place Canonically, which I held before but dispensatively

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History

Etymology

From dispensative + -ly.