adv. [f. prec. + -LY2.] In a suppositive manner; in the way of supposition; upon some supposition; hypothetically.
1576. Fleming, Panopl. Epist., 269, marg. Not as though vertue could be in extremitie,… but he meaneth suppositiuely, if it were so that vertue coulde exceede.
1650. in Athenæum, 13 Dec. (1879), 763/2. He accused Marsys to be an unfaithfull Translator, in positiuely rendring what the King suppositiuely speakes.
1678. R. Barclay, Apol. Quakers, vii. § 7. 216. It … signifies really, and not suppositively, that Excellent Quality.
