Etymology: < curtateadj. + -ivesuffix + -lysuffix2.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcurtatively.
rare.
In a shortened or clipped manner.
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1830 G. S. FaberDiffic. Romanism (ed. 2) ii. iv. 443 Through this dexterous alternation of quoting and suppressing..Ambrose, as thus curtatively exhibited, appears [etc.].
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