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qualitative [kwol-i-tey-tiv] ExamplesWord Origin adjective
- pertaining to or concerned with quality or qualities.
Origin of qualitative 1600–10; Late Latin quālitātīvus, equivalent to quālitāt- (stem of quālitās) quality + -īvus -ive Related formsqual·i·ta·tive·ly, adverbnon·qual·i·ta·tive, adjectivenon·qual·i·ta·tive·ly, adverbCan be confusedqualitative quantitative Examples from the Web for qualitatively Contemporary Examples of qualitatively
The threats of the late 2010s will be qualitatively different.
New U.S. Stealth Jet Can’t Hide From Russian Radar
Bill Sweetman
April 28, 2014
That was a qualitatively different thing, and I opposed it from the start.
Michael Tomasky
September 6, 2013
Historical Examples of qualitatively
You mean its effect is qualitatively different from that of any other explosion?
Victor Endersby
But qualitatively, the tendency is for men to become what society expects.
Benjamin M. Anderson, Jr.
Any pleasure is qualitatively unique, being precisely the harmony of one set of conditions with its appropriate activity.
John Dewey and James Hayden Tufts
On the Internet, we come closer to what emerges as a qualitatively new form of human interaction.
The Civilization of Illiteracy
Mihai Nadin
The novel is read neither quantitatively nor qualitatively in Spain.
Russia: Its People and Its Literature
Emilia Pardo Bazán
British Dictionary definitions for qualitatively qualitative adjective
- involving or relating to distinctions based on quality or qualitiesCompare quantitative
Derived Formsqualitatively, adverb Word Origin and History for qualitatively qualitative adj.
early 15c., “that produces a (physical) quality,” from Medieval Latin qualitativus “relating to quality,” from stem of Latin qualitas “a quality, property, nature” (see quality). Meaning “concerned with quality” is from c.1600 in English, from French qualitatif or Medieval Latin qualitativus. Related: Qualitatively.