Optatively

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

  Optatively \Op"ta*tive*ly\, adv.
     In an optative manner; with the expression of desire. [R.]
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           God blesseth man imperatively, and man blesseth God
           optatively.                              --Bp. Hall.


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