Example Sentences

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The adjectivally ennobled: the ones whose names sprout "-esque" and "-ian".

From The Guardian • Jan. 15, 2013

Ice Cube's defence – that he was simply stating the fact that Heller was Jewish, and using the word adjectivally – has an unlikely supporter: Heller himself.

From The Guardian • Oct. 21, 2010

No references were made in the adjectivally enthusiastic press to the recent fatal fighting between natives and U. S. Marines.

From Time Magazine Archive

Fleming conveys the protracted melodrama of a bold, restless river in flood without once raising his voice adjectivally or using the verb "rampage."

From Time Magazine Archive

The Americans, however, use “Filipino” both substantively and adjectivally.

From The Philippine Islands by Foreman, John