appellativelyadv.
In an appellative manner; as a common noun.
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appellatively1613
collectively1641
gerundively1849
gerundially1860
1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage i. vi. 29 In the land of Nod, which some take to be appellatiuely spoken, as if his misery had giuen name of Mouing vnto the place.
a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Herts. 18 The Fallacy lieth in the Homonymy of Ware, here not taken for that Town so named, but appellatively for all vendible Commodities.
1875 W. D. Whitney Life & Growth Lang. x. 205 Whether the quality-denoting word shall be used attributively or appellatively.
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