adjectivally
Americanadverb
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
In a yet broader sense it is used adjectivally of mere wideness or universality of view, as when we speak of a man as “of catholic sympathies” or “catholic in his tastes.”
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" by Various
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