adj.
Of, relating to, or concerning quality.
[Middle English, producing a primary quality, from Medieval Latin quālitātīvus, from Late Latin, qualitative, from Latin quālitās, quālitāt-, quality. See quality.]
qualitatively qual'i·ta'tive·ly adv.
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