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narratively

narratively

1 6.1
In a way that shows how a story is told
  • adverb
  • /ˈnɛrəˌtɪvli/
: narrativamente
  • The author describes the events narratively, allowing readers to visualize each moment vividly.
  • visually and narratively

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Examples

  • To approach a problem narratively is also to take part in it.

    Academic text (1992)
  • I didn't like Prometheus; I thought that, narratively speaking, it was wanting.

    Blog text (31)
  • We reviewed existing literature narratively and, therefore, may have missed some sources of information.

    Academic text (2016)
  • Rather, something like this is positively required by a close, narratively oriented reading of the text.

    Blog text (32)
  • The evaluation process called for me to rethink key issues and how to deal with them narratively, for which I thank all concerned.

    Academic text (2008)
  • There is no way to write a six-page, narratively structured memo and not have clear thinking.

    Blog text (17)
  • But structurally and narratively, it's really a risky and memorable piece of work.

    Blog text (30)
  • How The Lone Ranger deals visually (and narratively) with issues related to the land is telling.

    Academic text (2013)
  • Both narratively and intertextually, Robinson attends to the reciprocal benefits of such interactions.

    Academic text (2018)
  • Critics who dispute Clarn's acceptance of determinism find themselves up against the fact that Ana's fall is narratively overdetermined.

    Academic text (2003)

Synonyms

storywise
vsnarratively
  • Informal
1 7.9

About the story or plot, for example the characters and events

focuses on structure, style, and how events are presented

How Narrative

narratively
1 6.1
storywise
  • Informal
1 7.9
anecdotally
12 6.3
factually
29 4.1
objectively
58 4.5

Surface Forms

narratively positive

Morphology

narratively = narrative (transparent) = narrative + ly

Formed by adding the productive adverbial suffix '-ly' to the adjective 'narrative', so the adverbial meaning is directly derived.

Etymology

Narratively comes from the Latin word narrare, which means 'to tell'. You can see the same root in narrate and narrator, so something done narratively is told like a story or presented in story form.