English
probatively
From probative + -ly.
Formed from probative + -ly
Proto-Indo-European *pro-bʰH-wó-s ‘being in front’
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Latin probō ‘show, prove, demonstrate’
Latin probātīvus ‘belonging to proof’
Old French probatif
Middle English probatiffe
English probative
Today it means
adv In a probative manner; in a manner that tends to prove something
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