illative
of, relating to, or expressing illation; inferential: an illative word such as “therefore.”
Grammar. noting a case, as in Finnish, whose distinctive function is to indicate place into or toward which.
Grammar. the illative case.
Origin of illative
1Other words from illative
- il·la·tive·ly, adverb
- non·il·la·tive, adjective
- non·il·la·tive·ly, adverb
Words Nearby illative
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How to use illative in a sentence
The repetition of the injunction "be not careful" again with the illative "therefore" is quite in the spirit of E.
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British Dictionary definitions for illative
/ (ɪˈleɪtɪv) /
of or relating to illation; inferential
grammar denoting a word or morpheme used to signal inference, for example so or therefore
(in the grammar of Finnish and other languages) denoting a case of nouns expressing a relation of motion or direction, usually translated by the English prepositions into or towards: Compare elative (def. 1)
grammar
the illative case
an illative word or speech element
Origin of illative
1Derived forms of illative
- illatively, adverb
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