Appellatively

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

  Appellatively \Ap*pel"la*tive*ly\, adv.
     After the manner of nouns appellative; in a manner to express
     whole classes or species; as, Hercules is sometimes used
     appellatively, that is, as a common name, to signify a strong
     man.
     [1913 Webster]