Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In an inclusive manner; so as to include: as, from Monday to Saturday inclusively.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adverb In an inclusive manner.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adverb In a inclusive fashion.
  • adverb In a manner which includes every possibility.

Etymologies

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inclusive +‎ -ly

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Examples

  • I think you're right - he should have just gone straight satire - played the ball and not the man (I use the latter term inclusively here).

    ccfinlay: Yes, The First Question Is Rhetorical ccfinlay 2007

  • It isn't necessarily illogical, its just ambiguous in numerical terms as it is not specified whether we are counting 'inclusively' or 'exclusively'.

    On not being last DC 2009

  • The FairTax rate is 23% on retail sales when calculated "inclusively," as are income tax rates.

    FairTax Facts Leo Linbeck 2007

  • Now he proposes to govern "inclusively," saying he has "listened and learned."

    A Smashing First Act 2007

  • Could Bishop Manning address the issue more 'inclusively' (to borrow that horrible liberal ideological expression) for Australian citizens killed because of employer criminal negligence?

    CathNews 2009

  • 'inclusively', and to avoid technicality - especially for me!

    Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009

  • 'inclusively', and to avoid technicality - especially for me!

    Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009

  • The council must break with its habit of unilateral decision making and commit to preparing for the elections as openly and inclusively as possible.

    Neil Hicks: Egypt's Malaise Neil Hicks 2011

  • The council must break with its habit of unilateral decision making and commit to preparing for the elections as openly and inclusively as possible.

    Neil Hicks: Egypt's Malaise Neil Hicks 2011

  • Instead, he spoke to our better angels, confidently, forcefully and inclusively.

    George Lakoff: How Obama Got It Right George Lakoff 2011

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