adverb
- In a manner relating to or using the accusative case (the grammatical case that marks the direct object of a verb in inflected languages).
Usage: linguistics; grammar
Examples
- In Latin, the verb 'amare' (to love) is conjugated accusatively when the direct object is in the accusative case.
- The pronoun is used accusatively in the sentence structure.
- German nouns change their form accusatively when they function as direct objects.
- The preposition governs the noun accusatively in this construction.