communicativelyadv.

1616 T. Adams Dis. Soule sig. A2^v That poore Cisterne of knowledge, which I had..which now, behold, runnes ouer, and (without diminution to it selfe) is communicatiuely dispersed to others.

a1641 R. Montagu Acts & Monuments (1642) ii. 131 Not originally..of his owne; but communicatively.

1641 J. Milton Animadversions 49 If the reason of this..name, Angel, be equally collective, and communicative to the whole preaching ministry..then must the name be collectively, and communicatively taken.

1660 Scutum Regale: Royal Buckler 70 That the Government..habitually resideth in the people, but is communicatively derived from them, unto the king.

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

1776 A. Wilson Med. Res. Hysterics vi. 75 A child in the womb lives communicatively, as that it is nourished communicatively.

1830 H. Angelo Reminisc. II. 178 I very communicatively told her, ‘That gentleman facing us is Mr. Mathews; he will astonish you—you will be delighted—he is a most extraordinary mimic!’

1868 ‘H. Lee’ Basil Godfrey's Caprice lii. 299 Lady Vyvian was not communicatively disposed.

1917 J. B. Cabell Cream of Jest xxvii. 166 Poets express themselves communicatively in words.

1977 Sci. Amer. Feb. 101/1 What those Cambridge pedestrians were demonstrating was their implicit knowledge of how to use language communicatively.

1993 Independent (Nexis) 10 Dec. 35 ‘There are many different kinds of firm—big, small, efficient, inefficient,’ he says guardedly. He continues more communicatively: [etc.].