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conservatively, adv.|kənˈsɜːvətɪvlɪ|
[f. prec. + -ly2.]
1. In a conservative way or manner.
1834Greville Mem. Geo. IV, 24 Dec., When a standard was set up..on Conservatively Liberal principles. 1839Fraser's Mag. XIX. 149 He talked democratically with Lord Stanhope, conservatively with Mr. Pitt. 1887Philad. Ledger 30 Dec. (Cent. D.), It is very conservatively English to make concession at the eleventh hour and fifty-ninth minute; but the clock is fast in Ireland. 1906Daily Chron. 8 Nov. 5/3 Modification of the tariff and public ownership inaugurated, but both should be done cautiously and conservatively. 1907Westm. Gaz. 28 Aug. 2/3 ‘A Conservatively Cooked Green Vegetable’..is one more example of the growing fashion, largely owing to American usage, and not least that of Wall Street, of employing the word ‘conservative’ in many relations to which politicians are..unaccustomed.
2. On a ‘conservative’ estimate. orig. U.S.
1904San Francisco Chron. 12 July 7 Wearing a diamond pin, conservatively valued at $75. 1928F. N. Hart Bellamy Trial i. 2 There were, conservatively, about three thousand crowding the corridors and walking the streets. |