单词 | constructively |
释义 | constructivelyadv. In a constructive way. 1. In the effort to construct; for the purpose of construction; constructionally. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > [adverb] constructively1865 structurally1865 constructionally1880 1865 J. Fergusson Hist. Archit. I. i. ii. iv. 171 The..Assyrians never seem to have used stone constructively, except as the revêtment of a terrace wall. 1874 J. Fergusson in Contemp. Rev. Oct. 758 [They] have lined..the passages of our houses with..brick-work, because it was constructively true. 2. By way of interpretation; inferentially. ΘΚΠ society > law > jurisprudence > [adverb] > by inference or presumption constructively1678 the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > interpretation > particular interpretation, construction > [adverb] constructively1678 1678 M. Hale Historia Placitorum Coronæ xiv. (T.) Interpretatively and constructively; as, when a war is levied, to throw down inclosures generally, etc. 1706 D. Defoe Jure Divino v. 17 This is constructively included in Samuel's Behaviour to them, tho' not litterally in the Words. 1769 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. IV. 142 An actual breach of the peace; or constructively so, by tending to make others break it. 1847 C. G. Addison Treat. Law Contracts ii. ii. §2 That the goods were either actually or constructively bailed to him or his servants. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < |
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