correctively

English

Etymology

From corrective +‎ -ly.

Adverb

correctively (comparative more correctively, superlative most correctively)

  1. In a corrective manner; so as to correct something.
    • 2007 June 20, Melissa Clark, “A Dish Whose Heart Longs for Spring”, in New York Times‎[1]:
      I would throw in radishes, too, which would add a correctively spicy bite to keep things from getting too cloying.
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