predictively

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /prɪˈdɪktɪvli/ UK /prɪˈdɪktɪvli/ See IPA manual

Meanings

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adv
in a manner that predicts or forecasts something

The model performed predictively well on next month's sales.

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Synonyms

1 adv · in a manner that predicts... propheticallyforecastingly

Word family

Related forms predict prediction predictive

Etymology

From predictive + -ly, ultimately from Latin praedicere ('to foretell'), from prae- ('before') + dicere ('to say').

praedicere Latin dicere Latin

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Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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# predictively

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adv
**IPA (US):** /prɪˈdɪktɪvli/
**IPA (UK):** /prɪˈdɪktɪvli/

## Meanings
1. in a manner that predicts or forecasts something

## Examples
- The model performed predictively well on next month's sales.

## Synonyms
- prophetically
- forecastingly

## Related Forms
- predict
- prediction
- predictive

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: praedicere
- Root: dicere

## Etymology
From predictive + -ly, ultimately from Latin praedicere ('to foretell'), from prae- ('before') + dicere ('to say').

## AI Etymology
Predictively is from predictive + -ly, ultimately from Latin praedicere ('to foretell'), from prae- ('before') + dicere ('to say'). Important recorded forms include praedicere (Latin) and dicere (Latin). Morphologically, the word preserves a built structure whose named elements carry the historical sense into English. The modern sense remains close to that composition, with the parts narrowing into a single lexical item. In current use it covers in a manner that predicts or forecasts something. The wider family includes related words such as predict, prediction, and predictive.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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