In a manner relating to, expressing, or influenced by emotions or feelings rather than logic.
From 'affective' (relating to emotion) plus the adverbial suffix '-ly.' The root 'affective' comes from Latin 'affectus' (feeling, emotion).
Psychologists and neuroscientists use this word constantly to describe how emotions shape our behavior—it's the adverbial form of a word that reminds us that feelings are data, not just noise in our brains!
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