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StepOnMe Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary
What does "abortively" mean in these sentences?
Abortively: Adv, In an abortive or untimely manner; immaturely; fruitlessly.~Wikitionary
1.) You mention in the piece that you spoke (“briefly,abortively”) about Bill.”
2.) Apparently on behest of Washington in July 2008 Zardari government abortively tried to put the powerful military-run spy agency, Inter Services”
3.) It ended abortively, and permitted me to continue with perfect impunity to give in letters to the Times evidence I was debarred from giving in”
4.) Thus abortively collapsed the last effort of Philip III."
I know that "abortive" means unsuccessful. But in adverb form, abortively has different meanings.I want to know what "meaning of abortive" in each of the sentences above.
1.) You mention in the piece that you spoke (“briefly,abortively”) about Bill.”
2.) Apparently on behest of Washington in July 2008 Zardari government abortively tried to put the powerful military-run spy agency, Inter Services”
3.) It ended abortively, and permitted me to continue with perfect impunity to give in letters to the Times evidence I was debarred from giving in”
4.) Thus abortively collapsed the last effort of Philip III."
I know that "abortive" means unsuccessful. But in adverb form, abortively has different meanings.I want to know what "meaning of abortive" in each of the sentences above.
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Any help would be great! I just need some answers by today. I asked yesterday, but no one answered.
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I know but, abortively has different meanings... and I want to know how the different meanings are used in each of the sentence.
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Hi,
1.) You mention in the piece that you spoke (“briefly,abortively”) about Bill.”
You didn't finish saying what you wanted to say about Bill.
2.) Apparently on behest of Washington in July 2008 Zardari government abortively tried to put the powerful military-run spy agency, Inter Services”
1.) You mention in the piece that you spoke (“briefly,abortively”) about Bill.”
You didn't finish saying what you wanted to say about Bill.
2.) Apparently on behest of Washington in July 2008 Zardari government abortively tried to put the powerful military-run spy agency, Inter Services”
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