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communicatively

communicatively

4.5
In a way that shows you want to talk and share ideas
  • adverb
  • /kəˈmjunɪkətɪvli/
translation icon : comunicativamente
  • The Grammar-Translation method, as it was called, failed to provide communicatively competent learners due to its strong emphasis on the written word.
  • communicatively competent

Examples

  • Now, through technology, international deaf signing communities are able to remain communicatively close via a range of social media platforms.

    Academic text (2018)
  • The results of the present study indicate that while young women appreciate the importance of medical skill, it is the communicatively competent care provider that they most seek.

    Academic text (2002)
  • If their communication partner pointed to a picture, they could not understand whether they were to point to the same picture or respond communicatively by pointing to another picture.

    Academic text (1996)
  • This suggests, then, that extraverts are likely to be more socially attractive and communicatively effective than their introvert counterparts because of how they communicate.

    Academic text (2003)
  • Results indicated that coaches perceived themselves as communicatively competent, while athletes' perceptions were positive but not as equivocal.

    Academic text (2005)
  • Indeed, in ESL terms, these students may be "communicatively competent," but their ability to write in their literacy medium—braille—could still be severely underdeveloped.

    Academic text (1997)
  • It should be noted at this time that before these rulings, learners who were not communicatively competent in English were placed in Special Education classes alongside mentally challenged students, thus imposing serious limitations on their educational future.

    Academic text (1994)
  • The vast majority are agreeably personable and people-oriented, articulate and communicatively disciplined, even after years of service, because the nature of their teaching orientation demands that attitude.

    Academic text (2003)
  • She concludes that closer cooperation between vision teachers and ESL teachers is essential for children with limited proficiency in English and visual impairments to become fully literate and communicatively competent.

    Academic text (1997)
  • The speaker explained the topic communicatively so everyone could understand it.

Synonyms

interactively
vscommunicatively
1 4.2

People take part and get quick replies from others or a computer

is about sharing information generally rather than real-time participation
interpersonally
vscommunicatively
1 5.3

In a way that is about how people talk and get along with each other

is about sharing information generally without special focus on personal relationships
dialogically
vscommunicatively
  • Jargon
7.9

In a way that uses talking and sharing ideas with others

is about broad sharing of information across many forms not only back-and-forth

Surface Forms

communicatively positive

Morphology

communicatively = communicative (transparent) = communicate + ive + ly

Formed by regularly adding '-ly' to the adjective 'communicative', itself transparently derived from 'communicate'.

Etymology

Communicatively comes from the Latin verb communicare, which means 'to share', and it is the same root you find in common and community. So to act communicatively is to do things that help make ideas or information 'shared' with others.