| 释义 |
possessively, adv.|pəˈzɛsɪvlɪ|
[f. prec. adj. + -ly2.]
1. Gram. In a possessive sense or relation.
1590J. Stockwood Rules Construct. 54 When the genitiue case is taken actiuely, when passiuely, and when possessiuely. 1879Whitney Sanskrit Gram. 445 Possessively used descriptive compounds..are extremely numerous.
2. In the way of possession; in a manner indicating possession; as something possessed; as one's own.
1813Hobhouse Journey (ed. 2) 1021 A sale by auction of the tenths belonging to the Malikiane (or fiefs held possessively), under the annual value of fifteen thousand piasters. 1901Westm. Gaz. 27 Apr. 2/1 He tapped the English lady possessively on the shoulder. |
