— augmentatively , adv.
/awg men"teuh tiv/ , adj.
1. serving to augment.
2. Gram. pertaining to or productive of a form denoting increased size or intensity. In Spanish the augmentative suffix -ón is added to a word (as silla "chair") to indicate increased size, as in sillón "armchair."
n.
3. Gram. an augmentative element or formation.
[ 1495-1505; AUGMENT + -ATIVE; r. augmentatif ]