In a manner relating to the ablative case; with the function or meaning of an ablative construction.
From 'ablative' + adverbial suffix '-ly.' Used in grammatical and linguistic analysis to describe how words function.
When linguists write papers, they use 'ablatively' to describe how ancient languages worked—it's shorthand for 'functioning like a removal or separation.'
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