primitively
adverb
primitively is an adverb meaning “In a primitive manner” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled P-R-I-M-I-T-I-V-E-L-Y, and it appears about once in every 17 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does primitively mean?
adverb
- 1
In a primitive manner.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of primitively
- more primitively comparative
- most primitively superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is primitively?
Primitively appears about once in every 17 million words in written English, the 125,655th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Primitively in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense in a primitive manner:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | primitivamente |
| Spanish | primitivamente |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does primitively come from?
From primitive + -ly.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).