privatively
English edit
Etymology edit
Adverb edit
privatively (not comparable)
- In a privative manner; by the absence of something; negatively.
- a. 1660, Henry Hammond, a sermon:
- ordinary despair in our spiritual: then privatively, depriving us of that which is the mother and soul of our obedience and good works , I mean faith
References edit
“privatively”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.