Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for AP-PEL'LA-TIVE-LY
AP-PEL'LA-TIVE-LY, adv.
According to the manner of nouns appellative; in a manner to express whole classes or species; as, Hercules is sometimes used appellatively, that is, as a common name to signify a strong man. – Johnson.
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