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Definition of rectius in English:
rectius
adverb
As a parenthetical insertion used to introduce a word or phrase as a more correct version of that which precedes the insertion: more correctly, more properly called.
Origin
Late 16th century; earliest use found in William Patten (d. ?1598), author. From classical Latin rectius, comparative of rectē.
