conservatively


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
conservative/kənˈsɜːvətɪv/
adjective
  • 1 averse to change or innovation and holding traditional values.

    ■ (of dress or taste) sober and conventional.

  • 2 (in a political context) favouring free enterprise, private ownership, and socially conservative ideas.

    ■ (Conservative) relating to a Conservative Party.

  • 3 (of an estimate) purposely low for the sake of caution.
  • 4 (of surgery or medical treatment) intended to control rather than eliminate a condition, and preserve existing tissue.
noun
  • 1 a conservative person.
  • 2 (Conservative) a supporter or member of a Conservative Party.
– derivatives
conservatism noun,
conservatively adverb,
conservativeness noun.
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