iˈnitiatively, adv.
[f. prec. adj. + -ly2.]
In the way of initiation or origination.
| 1642 T. Lechford Plain Dealing (1867) 5 Some may say, that this power of ruling is but ministerially in the officers, and initiatively, conclusively, and virtually in the people. 1832 in Mem. Bp. Blomfield (1863) I. viii. 207 Parliament would probably be jealous of any distinct body legislating, even only initiatively, in Church matters. |