competitively
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3.7
- adverb
- /kəmˈpɛtɪtɪvli/
:
de forma competitiva
- Moreover, the university is among the top 25 public universities in competitively awarded federal grants.
- play competitively
- participated competitively
- work competitively
I actually did Boston Marathon competitively as part of the run.
- I actually did Boston Marathon competitively as part of the run.
- Instead, those same black students will be admitted to the schools for which they're competitively qualified.
- But today, there's nothing that the outside world can do to make them competitively qualified.
- Of course it's performance would be meaningless if it weren't priced competitively, and boy howdy is it ever.
- Now my thing was, is that I watched my father, who was known as one of these most aesthetic surfers in the world, also surf competitively.
Examples
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But today, there's nothing that the outside world can do to make them competitively qualified.
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What has Mississippi State done to close the game competitively with LSU in recent years?
Blog text (31) -
The students, in other words, are learning skills that they must have to function competitively in the future.
Academic text (1991) -
And obviously skiing competitively is out of the question.
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I actually did Boston Marathon competitively as part of the run.
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Grades were awarded competitively for each exercise, based on the performance of the group.
Academic text (2000) -
"Oscar's father and uncle have a dog team and mush dogs competitively in their region of the state.
Academic text (2006) -
Then they indicated whether they had participated recreationally, competitively, or had not participated in each of the 14 sports.
Academic text (2009) -
A total of 100 girls participated in feminine sports, 66 competitively and 34 recreationally.
Academic text (2008) -
Fiona has always enjoyed swimming, but she decided to compete competitively this year to improve her skills.
Synonyms
In a very aggressive way to beat rivals
Antonyms
How Competitive
Surface Forms
Morphology
competitively = competitive (transparent) = compete + itive + ly
The adverb is a regular formation from the adjective 'competitive' with '-ly', so the meaning is readily recoverable.
Etymology
The word competitively comes from the parts com- meaning 'with' and petere meaning 'to seek' or 'aim', the same root as compete and competition. So, to act competitively is to 'seek' the prize and try to win against others.