English
transitively
From transitive + -ly.
A compound of transitive + -ly
Latin eō ‘to go’
Latin trāns ‘across’
Latin trānsitus ‘passage, crossing’
Latin trānsitīvus ‘transiting’
English transitive
Today it means
adv In a transitive manner.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “transitively”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / transitively