adv. [f. prec. + -LY2.] In a communicative way; by way of communication.

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a. 1640.  Bp. Mountagu, A. & M., 131. Not originally … of his owne; but communicatively.

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1641.  [see prec., sense 4].

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1660.  Bond, Scut. Reg., 70. That the Government … habitually resideth in the people, but is communicatively derived from them, unto the king.

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1701.  Lect. on Proverbs (MS.), 6. Not onely Essentially, but Communicatively Good. For, He is Good, and doth good.

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1868.  Holme Lee, B. Godfrey, lii. 299. Lady Vyvian was not communicatively disposed.

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