descriptively

1. 1.

   by giving a description

   “these topics need to be treated not just descriptively”

Questions about descriptively

What does descriptively mean?

descriptively means "by giving a description".

How many syllables are in descriptively?

descriptively has 5 syllables: de-scrip-ti-ve-ly. The stress falls on "ti".

Is descriptively a common word?

descriptively is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.