English edit

Etymology edit

abductive +‎ -ly

Pronunciation edit

  • (US) IPA(key): /æbˈdʌk.tɪv.li/, /ˈæbˌdək.tɪv.li/

Adverb edit

abductively (not comparable)

  1. In an abductive fashion. [Early 20th century.][1]

Translations edit

References edit

  1. ^ Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief; William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abductively”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 3.