adjectively
- a word derived from adjective.
Example Sentences
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Generally, the participles are those forms of the verb that are used adjectively; as, seeing, having seen, being seen, having been seen, seen, playing, having played, etc.
From Practical Grammar and Composition by Wood, Thomas
Every one knows that our German ancestors used the word horse adjectively.
From Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 91, July 26, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various
Branch′y.—Root and branch, thoroughly—used also adjectively, as in a 'root-and-branch' policy.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
He was telling the clerk to get his grips down from the room, adjectively quick, and to hold the hotel auto so that he could catch the midnight westbound.
From The Wreckers by Lynde, Francis
Hence frustra, used adjectively, refers to the person; whereas irritus, the actual adjective, refers to the thing.
From Döderlein's Hand-book of Latin Synonymes by Döderlein, Ludwig
