Performatively
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adverb
Quick meaning: Performatively is an adverb meaning In a performative manner.
Meaning
In a performative manner.
Example Sentences
He is the God of all comfort, First, Purposely; Second, Provisionally; Third, Prescriptively and performatively.
Most of them can also be used performatively, however, i.e. to make explicit what kind of speech act it is the speaker performs (not all illocutionary verbs can be so used however: cf e.g. boast, threaten).
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include performantly, manifestatively, operatically, formatively, metatheatrically, personately.
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