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Etymology

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From palliative +‎ -ly.

Adverb

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palliatively (not comparable)

  1. With palliative care.
    • 2009 May 23, Judy Steed, Toronto Star[1]:
      In the case of Ethel Hannah, he says, the family could have instructed the hospital to not treat her pneumonia and to treat her palliatively.