informativelyadv.
/ɪnˈfɔːmətᵻvli/, U.S. /ᵻnˈfɔrmədəvli/ΘΚΠ
the world > life > source or principle of life > vital principle > [adverb]
animallyc1600
informatively1656
vitallya1676
orgonotically1942
1656 H. Jeanes Treat. Fulnesse of Christ 139 in Mixture Scholasticall Divinity If we consider it informatively, in regard of information, or inhesion..so it is seated in the humane nature, that is not every where, but onely in heaven, at the right hand of God.
1664 J. Chandler tr. J. B. van Helmont Wks. xxiv. 179 The arterial bloud is informed by the immortall Soul, in the left bosom; but the venall bloud not, and..it is illustrated onely by the light of the sensitive form participatively, but not informatively.
2.
a. By way of information or communication of knowledge; so as to inform; instructively.
ΘΚΠ
society > communication > information > action of informing > [adverb]
informingly1677
informatively1822
informationally1927
1822 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 11 7 Informatively for the reader, I make known the following.
1901 Times 13 Feb. 13/2 It discusses the countless other subjects that come up in the course of daily reading or conversation: richly, brightly, informatively.
1956 N. Coward Diary 23 Dec. (2000) 340 She talks wisely and informatively up to the point where she gets carried away.
2006 Globe & Mail (Toronto) (Nexis) 17 Nov. a26 He was always full of charm and informatively funny stories.
b. Bridge. With the primary intention of giving information about one's hand to one's partner. Cf. informatory adj. 2.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > bridge > [adverb] > type of bidding
pre-emptively1917
informatorily1920
informatively1923
1923 M. C. Work Auction Bridge of 1924 118 A Fourth Hand should be able to double informatively after a bid of one Club by Dealer, a pass by Second Handand a bid of two Clubs by Third Hand.
1947 S. Harris Fund. Princ. Contract Bridge iii. 27 The only way in which East can make a forcing bid over North is to double informatively, or overbid North in his own suit.
1997 M. Lawrence & R. Klinger Opening Leads for Acol Players xxi. 116 The opponents bid carefully and informatively and stopped at the five-level.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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