legislatively

legislatively

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
English legislate
Proto-Indo-European *-wós
Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder.
Latin -īvus
Old French -ifbor.
Middle English -yf
English -ive
English legislative
English -ly
English legislatively

    From legislative + -ly.

    Adverb

    legislatively (not comparable)

    1. By legislation, by the method of enacting laws.
      The base was legislatively closed: basically they passed a law saying to do it.
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