non-applicatively
|non-ap-pli-ca-tive-ly|
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/nɑn.əˈplɪkətɪv/
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/nɒn.əˈplɪkətɪv/
(non-applicative)
not in an applicative way
Etymology
'non-applicatively' originates from English, formed by the negative prefix 'non-' (from Latin 'non' meaning 'not') plus the adverb 'applicatively' (from 'applicative'), where Latin 'applicare' meant 'to attach, join, or apply'.
'applicative' comes via Late Latin/Medieval Latin from Latin 'applicare' and (through French or Late Latin formations) entered English as 'applicative'; the adverb 'applicatively' was formed by adding the English adverbial suffix '-ly', and the negative prefix 'non-' was added to create 'non-applicative' and then 'non-applicatively'.
Initially related to the idea 'to attach or apply', the root evolved to describe things 'relating to application' (applicative); with the prefix 'non-' the meaning shifted to 'not relating to application', and 'non-applicatively' came to mean 'in a manner that is not applicative'.
Meanings by Part of Speech
Adjective 1
not applicative; not using or relating to an applicative method, function, or voice (i.e., not applied or not functioning in an applicative way).
They chose a non-applicative design for the system.
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Adverb 1
adverb form of 'non-applicative' — in a manner that is not applicative; not by applying or in a way that does not use an applicative approach.
The rule was enforced non-applicatively in that context.
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