Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In accordance with the principles of projective geometry; non-metrically.

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  • adverb In a projective way.

Etymologies

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projective +‎ -ly

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Examples

  • Readers may read projectively, and always read in the light of past experiences.

    do I fall through what I might of been? truepenny 2009

  • She was faint with strife and dejected, a condition in the young when their imaginative energies hold revel uncontrolled and are projectively desperate.

    Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868

  • She was faint with strife and dejected, a condition in the young when their imaginative energies hold revel uncontrolled and are projectively desperate.

    The Egoist George Meredith 1868

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