vocatively
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vocatively — adverb see vocative I … New Collegiate Dictionary
vocatively — See vocative. * * * … Universalium
vocatively — adv. while using the vocative, while using the case which denotes that a specific person or thing is being addressed … English contemporary dictionary
vocatively — voc·a·tive·ly … English syllables
vocatively — adverb see vocative I … Useful english dictionary
vocative — vocatively, adv. /vok euh tiv/, adj. 1. Gram. (in certain inflected languages, as Latin) noting or pertaining to a case used to indicate that a noun refers to a person or thing being addressed. 2. of, pertaining to, or used in calling, specifying … Universalium
beggar — This is unlikely to have its literal meaning of one who begs when used vocatively. ‘Lucky beggar!’ said to a friend simply means lucky person. ‘You little beggar’ addressed to a child is similar to ‘you little horror’ or ‘you little terror’.… … A dictionary of epithets and terms of address
chicken — This can be used affectionately, to a girl, or insultingly, normally to a man. ‘How would you like that, chicken?’ is a mother addressing her daughter in Mariana, by Monica Dickens. There is a comparable use in Resolve This Day, by Geoffrey… … A dictionary of epithets and terms of address
God — As a vocative, ‘God’ occurs most frequently in prayers, but it has occasional usage in other contexts. In Romeo and Juliet (2:ii) Romeo asks: ‘What shall I swear by?’ Juliet replies: ‘Do not swear at all;/Or, if thou wilt, swear by thy… … A dictionary of epithets and terms of address
nickname — People are often addressed by a nickname in English speaking countries, a nickname being an extra, unofficial name, not formally given by the parents or legally adopted by the person who bears it. In fifty sample novels, for example, where a… … A dictionary of epithets and terms of address
