dativelyadv.
/ˈdeɪtɪvli/, U.S. /ˈdeɪdɪvli/ Grammar.
As a dative; in the form or manner of a dative.
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vocatively1605
ablatively1653
datively1796
instrumentally1846
1796 J. B. Gilchrist Gram. Hindoostanee Lang. 66 As mo-he, to-he, me, thee, to-me, thee, occur in old authors, both datively and accusatively, it is not easy to determine whether this he is an inflection of the noun.
1846 M. Williams Elem. Gram. Sanscrit ix. 160 Datively Dependent..those in which the relation of the first word to the last is equivalent to that of a dative.
1886 Cent. Mag. 32 898 The pronoun of the first or second person, used datively.
1973 South Central Bull. 33 227/2 Even in the construction when non-human animate objects are present the prepositional phrase is..datively oriented.
1995 K. Hosokawa in W. Chappell & W. McGregor Gram. of Inalienability (1996) 162 A datively marked NP [= noun phrase].
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adv.1796