Found 2 items, similar to Optatively.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: optative optative adj 1: indicating an option or wish 2: relating to a mood of verbs in some languages; “optative verb endings” optative n : a mood (as in Greek or Sanskrit) that expresses a wish or hope; expressed in English by modal verbs [syn: optative mood ]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Optatively Optatively \Op"ta*tive*ly\, adv. In an optative manner; with the expression of desire. [R.] [1913 Webster] God blesseth man imperatively, and man blesseth God optatively. --Bp. Hall. [1913 Webster]