Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a divisive manner; by division.
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- adverb In a
divisive manner
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Examples
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President Mandela a letter saying he had acted "divisively" in sacking Mrs Mandela, and had also refused to accompany other ANC leaders on a trip to the Eastern Cape to explain the President's move.
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Prayer and silence are always inclusive; they never act divisively or exclusionary.
Norris J. Chumley, Ph.D.: The Compelling Spiritual Discipline Of Asceticism Ph.D. Norris J. Chumley 2011
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A deeply, divisively political work, devoid of comic relief and short on endearing characters, its complex moral conflicts are as knotty as the verse.
Coriolanus – review 2012
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The film's perspective is divisively problematic; it does well to galvanize an overdue conversation about education in America, but presents a fiercely oversimplified portrait of the players, and fails to offer anything besides ambiguity with regards to next steps.
Aisling Roche: Waiting For "Superman" Has a Finger on the Pulse, But Is Still a Long Way From the Heart of the Matter Aisling Roche 2010
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The perspective is divisively problematic; the film does well to galvanize an overdue conversation about education in America, but presents a fiercely oversimplified portrait of the players, makes sloppy assignments of heroes and villains, and misses a big opportunity by failing to offer anything besides ambiguity with regards to next steps for the education of children in the United States.
Aisling Roche: Waiting For "Superman" Has a Finger on the Pulse, But Is Still a Long Way From the Heart of the Matter Aisling Roche 2010
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The perspective is divisively problematic; the film does well to galvanize an overdue conversation about education in America, but presents a fiercely oversimplified portrait of the players, makes sloppy assignments of heroes and villains, and misses a big opportunity by failing to offer anything besides ambiguity with regards to next steps for the education of children in the United States.
Aisling Roche: Waiting For "Superman" Has a Finger on the Pulse, But Is Still a Long Way From the Heart of the Matter Aisling Roche 2010
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Prayer and silence are always inclusive; they never act divisively or exclusionary.
Norris J. Chumley, Ph.D.: The Compelling Spiritual Discipline Of Asceticism Ph.D. Norris J. Chumley 2011
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The perspective is divisively problematic; the film does well to galvanize an overdue conversation about education in America, but presents a fiercely oversimplified portrait of the players, makes sloppy assignments of heroes and villains, and misses a big opportunity by failing to offer anything besides ambiguity with regards to next steps for the education of children in the United States.
Aisling Roche: Waiting For "Superman" Has a Finger on the Pulse, But Is Still a Long Way From the Heart of the Matter Aisling Roche 2010
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The point, however, is that while Sarah Palin goes around divisively trying to gin up hatred, trying to draw a line between Real America and the fake, between small town values and urban values, between what she wants to present as Good and what she wants you to fear, Sarah Palin once again demonstrates how she doesn't have a clue what she's talking about or what words come out of her mouth.
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He reminds us that the countryside is still a place where religion matters passionately, which is to say divisively.
Villages of Britain: The Five Hundred Villages that Made the Countryside by Clive Aslet – review Kathryn Hughes 2010
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