adv. [f. prec. + -LY2.] In a causative manner; by way of causation, by acting as a cause. b. Gram. In a causative sense, as expressing cause.
1654. Warren, Unbelievers, 45. Christ hath causatively removed by his death the guilt of sin.
1750–1. Student, II. 308 (T.). Several conjugations … whether they are to be taken actively, passively, causatively, or absolutely.
1824. De Quincey, Pol. Econ. Dial., V. (1860), 553. Gravitation has causatively impressed that direction on its course.
