derivatively

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English

Etymology

From derivative +‎ -ly.

Adverb

derivatively (comparative more derivatively, superlative most derivatively)

  1. In a derivative fashion
    • 1988 December 2, Tom Boeker, “A Christmas Dance for Johnnie Mae”, in Chicago Reader:
      The pleasures of food and sex are compared [] in much the same way, derivatively enough, that Bunny equates the two in John Guare's House of Blue Leaves.