adv. [f. prec. adj. + -LY2.] In an appellative manner; as a common noun.
1613. Purchas, Pilgr., I. I. vi. 29. In the land of Nod, which some take to be appellatively spoken, as if his misery had given name of Moving unto the place.
1662. Fuller, Worthies, II. 18. The Fallacy lieth in the Homonymy of Ware, here not taken for that Town so named, but appellatively for all vendible Commodities.
1875. Whitney, Life Lang., x. 205. Whether the quality-denoting word shall be used attributively or appellatively.
