receptively

1. 1.

   in a receptive manner

Questions about receptively

What does receptively mean?

receptively means "in a receptive manner".

How many syllables are in receptively?

receptively has 5 syllables: re-cep-ti-ve-ly. The stress falls on "ti".

Is receptively a common word?

receptively 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.