adjectival
Americanadjective
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of, relating to, or used as an adjective.
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describing by means of many adjectives; depending for effect on intensive qualification of subject matter, as a writer, style, or essay.
Other Word Forms
- adjectivally adverb
- nonadjectival adjective
- nonadjectivally adverb
- preadjectival adjective
- preadjectivally adverb
Etymology
Origin of adjectival
Example Sentences
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“Going Dutch” is a contemporary military workplace family comedy, not necessarily in that adjectival order.
From Los Angeles Times
Dederer is continually trying — not in the adjectival sense, but as the present participle: showing us her thought process, correcting as she goes and experimenting with different forms.
From New York Times
Many verb and adjectival forms being feminine, regular mention of captivity, and recurring names - such as Walsingham - all put them on the trail of Mary.
From BBC
They complain that some playwrights, like Pinter, got the classier adjectival ending “-esque” even as they each wound up with “-ian.”
From New York Times
“Children are a crushing responsibility,” Leda tells Callie at one point, Colman’s steady gaze and adjectival emphasis only heightening her character’s allure.
From New York Times
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