prescriptively

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English prescriptive

Proto-Indo-European *leyg-

Proto-Germanic *līkąder.

Proto-Germanic *-līkaz

Proto-Germanic *-ê

Proto-Germanic *-līkê

Old English -līċe

Middle English -ly

English -ly

English prescriptively

From prescriptive + -ly.

Adverb

prescriptively (comparative more prescriptively, superlative most prescriptively)

1. In a prescriptive manner.