"legislatively" meaning in English

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Adverb

Etymology: Etymology tree English legislative Middle English -ly English -ly English legislatively From legislative + -ly. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|legislative|-ly<id:adverbial>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English legislative Middle English -ly English -ly English legislatively [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-ly", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "legislatively", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="legislatively"> From legislative + -ly., {{ety|en|:af|legislative|-ly<id:adverbial>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English legislate Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English legislative Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English legislatively From legislative + -ly. Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} legislatively (not comparable)
  1. By legislation, by the method of enacting laws. Tags: not-comparable
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