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adj.

American  

abbreviation

  1. adjacent.

  2. adjective.

  3. adjoining.

  4. adjourned.

  5. adjudged.

  6. adjunct.

  7. Banking. adjustment.

  8. adjutant.

adj. British  

abbreviation

  1. adjective

  2. 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

Unzoned, un-zōnd′, adj. having no zone or girdle.

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

Ungartered, un-g�r′tėrd, adj. not held in place by garters: not wearing garters.

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

Wistful, wist′fōōl, adj. hushed: full of thought: thoughtful: earnest: eager, wishful, longing.—adv.

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

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