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prettygoodwordadvertent (ad-VUR-tuhnt) - adj., intentional; with attention.
The lesser-known positive form of inadvertent. Dictionaries disagree over whether this is a back-formation from inadvertent or an independent derivation from the same root Latin verb, advertere, to turn towards (ad- + vertere), but the all claim it dates from around 1670.
---L.
The lesser-known positive form of inadvertent. Dictionaries disagree over whether this is a back-formation from inadvertent or an independent derivation from the same root Latin verb, advertere, to turn towards (ad- + vertere), but the all claim it dates from around 1670.
---L.
