generatively
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/ˈdʒɛnərətɪv/
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/ˈdʒɛn(ə)rətɪv/
in a producing/creating way
Etymology
'generatively' originates from English, specifically from the adjective 'generative', which ultimately comes from Latin 'generare', where the root 'gener-' meant 'to beget, produce'.
'generatively' developed as the adverbial form of 'generative' (English), which itself entered English via Late Latin/French from Latin 'generare' ('to produce'). The adverb was formed by adding the productive English suffix '-ly' to 'generative'.
Initially the Latin root 'gener-' related to begetting or producing living offspring; over time the family of words shifted to the broader sense 'to produce, create', and 'generatively' came to mean 'in a producing/creating manner', including abstract or technical senses.
Meanings by Part of Speech
Adverb 1
in a manner that generates or produces; by producing or creating (often used to describe processes that produce outputs, e.g., models or methods that generate data rather than merely classify it).
The system was trained generatively, allowing it to produce realistic text samples rather than only classify inputs.
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Adverb 2
(technical, linguistics / machine learning) By use of a generative method or model — i.e., by modeling how data is produced so the model can create new examples.
In the experiment, the algorithm was evaluated generatively to test its ability to synthesize novel images.
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