In the manner of or relating to the accusative case; using accusative forms or functioning as an accusative.
From accusative plus the adverb suffix -ly. This allows linguists and grammarians to discuss how words function in accusative roles.
Linguists use words like this to precisely describe how grammar works—'this word functions accusatively' means it's acting like a direct object, which is super useful in technical discussions!
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