suˈppositively, adv.
[f. prec. + -ly2.]
In a suppositive manner; in the way of supposition; upon some supposition; hypothetically.
| 1576 Fleming Panopl. Epist. 269 marg., Not as though vertue could be in extremitie,..but he meaneth suppositiuely, if it were so that vertue coulde exceede. 1650 in Athenæum 13 Dec. (1879) 763/2 He accused Marsys to be an unfaithfull Translator, in positiuely rendring what the King suppositiuely speakes. 1678 R. Barclay Apol. Quakers vii. §7. 216 It..signifies really, and not suppositively, that Excellent Quality. |