So when I say fat, I mean it as a descriptive term, not an insult.
It was descriptive, prescriptive, and exemplary in its clarity.
While this is invariably true, its descriptive ability is lacking.
The name is descriptive: they are extremely intense bursts of gamma rays, the highest energy form of light.
And so we are all supposed to denote something from “working mother” as a descriptive adjective.
The simple expression "the king," without any descriptive addition, would be sufficient on the lips of a contemporary.
The San Francisco Call offered a prize for a descriptive article.
Now, if it is on the back, is the word "visible" descriptive?
The method of the epic is chiefly narrative and descriptive.
Borrowing the term caravan as descriptive of the march, they established markets at all convenient places.
1751, from Late Latin descriptivus, from descript-, past participle stem of describere (see description). Related: Descriptively; descriptiveness.
