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abbreviation

adjacent.

adjective.

adjoining.

adjourned.

adjudged.

adjunct.

Banking. adjustment.

adjutant.

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Words nearby adj.

Adirondack chair, Adirondack Mountains, adit, Aditya, Adivasi, adj., Adj.A., adjacency, adjacent, adjacent angle, adjacent angles

How to use adj. in a sentence

Tostitos (adj.)—acting in a cheesy and/or corny fashion, reminiscent of America's popular tortilla chip.
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Absonant, ab′so-nant, adj. discordant: absurd: unnatural (with to or from)—opp.
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Abnormal, ab-nor′mal, adj. not normal or according to rule: irregular—also Abnor′mous.
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Acanthopterygian, ak-an-thop-tėr-ij′i-an, adj. having spiny fins.
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Acatalectic, a-kat-a-lek′tik, adj. having the complete number of syllables as a verse: without defect.
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Absurd, ab-surd′, adj. obviously unreasonable or false: ridiculous.
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British Dictionary definitions for adj.

adj.

abbreviation for

adjective

Also: adjt adjutant

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