a. [f. as prec. + -ICAL; cf. F. assertorique.] = prec. Hence Assertorically adv. = ASSERTORIALLY.
1869. J. Martineau, Ess., II. 190. The next sentence is … rendered assertorically.
1870. Bowen, Logic, v. 121. Judgments are … pure. A is B. Assertorical.
