appellatively

English

Etymology

From appellative +‎ -ly.

Adverb

appellatively (not comparable)

1. (dated, grammar) In the manner of appellative nouns; so as to express whole classes or species.

   Hercules is sometimes used appellatively, that is, as a common name, to signify a strong man.

References

• “appellatively”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.