Found 2 items, similar to Adoptively.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: adoptive adoptive adj 1: of parents and children; related by adoption; “adoptive parents” [ant: biological] 2: acquired as your own by free choice; “my adopted state”; “an adoptive country” [syn: adopted] [ant: native]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Adoptively Adoptive \A*dopt"ive\, a. [L. adoptivus: cf. F. adoptif.] Pertaining to adoption; made or acquired by adoption; fitted to adopt; as, an adoptive father, an child; an adoptive language. -- A*dopt"ive*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]