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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PRIVATIVELY

adv. By the absence of something. 1. Negatively.
The duty of the new covenant is set down first privatively. [Unusual. ]

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PRIVATIVELY

PRIVATIVELY Priv "a *tive *ly, adv.

 

Defn: In a privative manner; by the absence of something; negatively. [R.] Hammond.