adv. [f. prec. + -LY2.] In an approximative manner; approximately.
1836. Todd, Cycl. Anat. & Phys., I. 123/2. Calculated approximatively according to their masses.
1866. Huxley, Preh. Rem. Caithn., 111. The per-centages given must be regarded merely as approximatively correct.
