resumptive

adjective

re·​sump·​tive

-m(p)tiv

1

: constituting a résumé : summarizing

2

: tending toward or indicative of resumption

resumptively

-tə̇vlē

adverb

Word History

Etymology

Latin resumptus + English -ive

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