emotivelyadv.
/ᵻˈməʊtᵻvli/, U.S. /əˈmoʊdəvli/, /iˈmoʊdəvli/ Emotionally; with regard to the emotions.
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the mind > emotion > [adverb]
affectively1646
sentimentallya1806
pathologically1824
pathematicallya1832
emotionally1836
emotively1843
sensationally1855
the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > quality of affecting the emotions > [adverb]
touchingly?1507
movingly1598
affectingly1645
pathetically1652
emotively1843
affectually1947
1843 S. Davis Princ. Physiognomy iii. 46 It is only so far as these [sc. the moveable parts of the face] form any part of the organs of the senses..that they can be emotively expressive.
1884 Athenæum 5 Apr. 438/1 Thoughts must be emotively expressed before they can become poetry.
1925 I. A. Richards Princ. Lit. Crit. 131 Words..used symbolically or, scientifically, not figuratively and emotively.
1956 M. Krieger New Apologists for Poetry 27 This is to justify emotively what I have been unhappy with rationally.
2004 Media Week 4 May 48/3 People only hire people they like and make far more decisions emotively than they'll ever admit.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adv.1843