— privatively , adv.
/priv"euh tiv/ , adj.
1. causing, or tending to cause, deprivation.
2. consisting in or characterized by the taking away, loss, or lack of something.
3. Gram. indicating negation or absence.
n.
4. Gram. a privative element, as a- in asymmetric.
5. something that is deprived.
[ 1350-1400; ME privatif privativus. See PRIVATE, -IVE ]