adj.

American

abbreviation

adjacent.
adjective.
adjoining.
adjourned.
adjudged.
adjunct.
Banking. adjustment.
adjutant.

adj. British

abbreviation

adjective
Also: adjt. adjutant

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Alden O'Brien, Washington, DC, US Gobsmacked, adj. flabbergasted: struck dumb with awe or amazement.

From BBC • Oct. 16, 2012

Destruct: v.t., barbarism of destroy; also adj., as used in "destruct button."

From Time Magazine Archive

Vesuvian, vē-sū′vi-an, adj. pertaining or relating to Vesuvius, a volcano near Naples.—n. a kind of match used in lighting cigars, &c.—n.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various

Wily, wī′li, adj. full of wiles or tricks: using craft or stratagem: artful: sly.—adv.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various

Wide, wīd, adj. extended far: having a considerable distance between: broad: distant: bulging, expanded: deviating, errant, wild.—n. wideness: in cricket, a ball that goes wide of the wicket, counting one to the batting side.—advs.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various

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