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Vocative vs Vocatively - What's the difference?

vocative | vocatively |

As an adjective vocative

is of or pertaining to calling; used in calling or vocation.

As a noun vocative

is the vocative case.

As an adverb vocatively is

in a vocative way.

vocative

English

(Vocative case)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of or pertaining to calling; used in calling or vocation.
  • (grammar) Used in address; appellative; — said of that case or form of the noun, pronoun, or adjective, in which a person or thing is addressed; as, Domine , O Lord.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (grammar) The vocative case

    • See also

    * interjection ----

    vocatively

    English

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • In a vocative way.
  • * 2004 , Hein van der Voort, A Grammar of Kwaza (page 722)
    • Kinship terminology is reportedly not used vocatively in family II, whereas it is in family I (note that Kwaza has no vocative morpheme). It is by MA considered ugly to use the words for 'husband' and 'wife' vocatively.