English edit

Etymology edit

privative +‎ -ly

Adverb edit

privatively (not comparable)

  1. 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.