In a manner that combines or gathers things together; in a way that emphasizes the whole rather than individual parts.
From 'aggregative' plus '-ly,' the adverb-forming suffix. Double suffix construction: 'aggregate' + '-ive' + '-ly.'
Economists think aggregatively — they care about total GDP rather than individual transactions, about average income rather than each person's salary, revealing how language shows different ways of understanding the world.
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