— quantitatively, quantitively , adv. — quantitativeness, quantitiveness , n.
/kwon"ti tay'tiv/ , adj.
1. that is or may be estimated by quantity.
2. of or pertaining to the describing or measuring of quantity.
3. of or pertaining to a metrical system, as that of classical verse, based on the alternation of long and short, rather than accented and unaccented, syllables.
4. of or pertaining to the length of a spoken vowel or consonant.
[ 1575-85; quantitativus, equiv. to L quantitat- (s. of quantitas ) QUANTITY + -ivus -IVE ]