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adjective con·no·ta·tive \ ˈkä-nə-ˌtā-tiv , kə-ˈnō-tə-tiv \

Definition of connotative

1 : connoting or tending to connote
2 : relating to connotation
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connotatively

adverb

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1614

in the meaning defined at sense 1

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