arrestively
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adverb
[edit]arrestively (comparative more arrestively, superlative most arrestively)
- (dated) In an arrestive manner.
- Synonyms: arrestingly, conspicuously, remarkably, strikingly
- 1910, Robert W. Service, chapter 16, in The Trail of ’98[1], Toronto: The Ryerson Press, page 452:
- His face had an arrestively hollow look, but that frozen smile was set on it.