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ad•min•is•tra•tive
(ad min′ə strā′tiv, -strə-),USA pronunciation adj.
ad•min′is•tra′tive•ly, adv.
- pertaining to administration;
executive:administrative ability.
- Latin administrātīvus. See administrate, -ive
- 1725–35
'administratively' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Azerbaijan
- Bornholm
- British Indian Ocean Territory
- Farquhar Islands
- Fowey
- Franz Josef Land
- Grenadines
- Heligoland
- Hungnam
- La Palma
- Lower California
- Manhattan
- Martinique
- Mexico
- Monmouthshire
- Ossetia
- Paignton
- Palau
- Penang
- Phoenix Islands
- Quemoy
- Saint Austell
- Saint Martin
- Samoa
- San Juan Islands
- Sekondi
- Sheerness
- Sicily
- Singapore
- Society Islands
- Socotra
- Sydney
- Thousand Islands
- Thursday Island
- Truk Islands
- Tsushima
- Walcheren
- Wrangel Island
- Yap
- Yorkshire
- Youth
- administered price
- campus
- normalization
- unitary authority