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Adverbs

This week’s words
somewhen
dispositively


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PRONUNCIATION:

(dis-POZ-uh-tiv-lee)

MEANING:

adverb: Conclusively; so as to settle the matter.

ETYMOLOGY:

From dispositive, from dispose, from Old French disposer, from Latin disponere (to arrange), from dis- (apart) + ponere (to put). Earliest documented use: 1475.

USAGE:

“Who can dispositively argue that this analysis is wrong?”
William F. Buckley Jr.; Should We Have Gone to War?; National Review (New York); Aug 9, 2004.

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