postpositively

 [pohst-poz-i-tiv]  

post·pos·i·tive

   [pohst-poz-i-tiv] Grammar
adjective
1.
(of a word, particle, or affix) placed after a word to modify it or to show its relation to other elements of a sentence.
noun
2.
a postpositive word, particle, or affix; postposition.

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Origin:
1780–90; < Latin postpositus (past participle of postpōnere; see postpone, position) + -ive

Related forms
post·pos·i·tive·ly, adverb
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postpositive (pəʊstˈpɒzɪtɪv)
 
—adj
1.  (of an adjective or other modifier) placed after the word modified, either immediately after, as in two men abreast, or as part of a complement, as in those men are bad
 
—n
2.  a postpositive modifier
 
post'positively
 
—adv

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