Assumptively
taken for granted.
characterized by :
an assumptive statement.
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Historical Examples
This proclivity cannot be denied; nor can it be affirmed that it was accustomed to clothe itself in assumptively offensive forms.
Memoir of Rev. Joseph Badger Elihu G. Holland
adj.
early 15c., from Latin assumptivus, from assumpt-, past participle stem of assumere (see assume) + -ive.
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