extinctively

English

Etymology

extinctive +‎ -ly

Adverb

extinctively (comparative more extinctively, superlative most extinctively)

  1. In an extinctive manner.
    • 1894, Proceedings of the Royal Society of London‎, page 2:
      A study of the experiments which have been made to determine the composition of atmospheres, which act extinctively upon flame, shows that in many cases the atmosphere under examination was in contact with water.
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