Adoptively

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Adoptive \A*dopt"ive\, a. [L. adoptivus: cf. F. adoptif.]
     Pertaining to adoption; made or acquired by adoption; fitted
     to adopt; as, an adoptive father, an child; an adoptive
     language. -- {A*dopt"ive*ly}, adv.
     [1913 Webster]